Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:25:39 GMT

About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report. A warming Earth is accelerating the melting of the planet's two...

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