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Greenland Ice Sheet projected to lose ice at the fastest rate since the end of the last Ice Age
By Sophie Lewis
Greenland's ice melting faster than at any time in past 12,000 years
By Fiona Harvey
Greenland ice sheet on course to lose ice at fastest rate in 12000 years, study finds
By Andrew Freedman & Brady Dennis
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Formerly TwitterZack Labe
ZLabe
#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 9th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 90,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 410,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 820,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,370,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/ pic.twitter.com/k5BuUGePU0
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Zack Labe
ZLabe
This time of year trends in sea ice concentration are confined to the very outer edges of the #Arctic Ocean. Losses of concentration are smallest in March and April.
[Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover (observed by satellite). More information journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/104/9/BAMS-D-23-0079.1.xml] pic.twitter.com/jn46aZfkV5
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSIDC
Daily monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet is back! Find these two maps on our Ice Sheets Today page: the Greenland daily melt map and the Greenland cumulative melt days map. Analyses about conditions on the Greenland Ice Sheet will return soon as well. nsidc.org/ice-sheets-today pic.twitter.com/Yeq7IsUhFP
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSIDC
There are 2 broad categories of glaciers: alpine glaciers and ice sheets. Alpine glaciers are frozen rivers of ice, slowly flowing under their own weight down mountainsides and into valleys. Ice sheets cover entire continents. nsidc.org/learn/parts-cryosphere/glaciers
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The worst is yet to come for the Greenland ice sheet
By Andy Aschwanden
Greenland Is Melting at Some of the Fastest Rates in 12000 Years
By Chelsea Harvey
Greenland could lose more ice this century than it has in 12,000 years
By Madeleine Stone
By 2100, Greenland will lose ice faster than it has in 12,000 years
By Carolyn Gramling