Headline : Where most of the worlds glacial melt is happening

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Glaciers are losing more mass than either the Greenland or Antarctic ice sheets, according to a recent study published in Nature.

The study, the first to look at how fast the world’s glaciers are melting, observed about 200,000 glaciers between 2000 and 2019. The researchers found that the annual rates of glacier thinning have nearly doubled, from 36cm in 2000 to 69cm in 2019.

The study also proves that glacial melt has substantially contributed to sea level rise. The researchers found that glacial melt alone has contributed to 21% of sea level rise over the past two decades. During the 21st century, meltwater from glaciers is projected to be the second biggest contributor to global sea level rise after ocean thermal expansion, which contributes 42% to sea level rise. Greenland contributes 15% while Antarctica contributes 8%, according to the WCRP Global Sea Level Budget Group.

Glaciers cover about 10% of the world’s land surface and store around 70% of the Earth’s freshwater.

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