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Earth Loses 28 Trillion Tons of Ice in 23 Years, This is the Impact

KOMPAS.com – Scientists from the universities of Leeds, Edinburgh, and College London analyzed satellite surveys of glaciers, mountains, and glaciers icing around the world between 1994-2017 to identify impacts global warming.

In a review published in the journal Cryosphere Discussions, the team found a fantastic loss of ice, namely about 23 trillion tons of ice.

They say melting glaciers and ice sheets could cause sea levels to rise dramatically, possibly reaching one meter by the end of the century.

Also read: New Record, Greenland Loses 586 Billion Tons of Ice Sheet This Year

“As an illustration, every one centimeter of sea level rise means about a million people will be displaced from their lowlands,” said Professor Andy Shepherd, director of the University of Leeds Center for Polar Observation and Modeling. The Guardian, Sunday (23/8/2020).

The dramatic loss of ice can have other severe consequences, including major disruption to water conditions Arctic and Antartika.

In addition, the loss of ice could also reduce the planet’s ability to reflect solar radiation back into space.

These findings match the worst case scenario predictions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change United Nations (IPCC) and scientists have confirmed.

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“In the past, researchers studied areas like Antarctica and Greenland, where the ice melts. But this is the first time that a team has seen an overall loss of ice across the planet, “said Stepherd.

“What we found was shocking.”

In their report, the research team notes there is little doubt that the loss of most of Earth’s ice is a direct result of global warming.

The discovery comes a week after researchers at Ohio State University found that Greenland’s ice sheet is at the edge.

Also read: The last 4,000 year old ice shelf in the arctic split

Reported Science Alert, Monday (24/8/2020), according to researchers, the snowfall that replenishes the glaciers every year can no longer keep up with the rate of melting ice.

This means Greenland will continue to lose ice even if global temperatures stop rising.

Icing Greenland is the second largest area of ​​ice in the world.

“What we found is that the ice flowing into the ocean far exceeds the snow accumulated on the surface of the ice sheet,” said Michalea King, lead author and researcher at the Ohio State University Byrd Climate and Polar Research Center in a press release.

According to a NASA study, 2010-2019 was the hottest decade on record.


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