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03 Aug 2019

Greenland loses 11 billion tonnes of ice in one day

Greenland's ice sheet witnessed its biggest melting down of the season as it lost around 11 billion tonnes of surface ice to oceans in a single day, due to the persistent heatwave causing record high temperatures across Europe.

21 Mar 2018

Worldwide glacier melting can't be prevented in this century: Study

According to researchers, 500 meters by car with a mid-range vehicle will cost one kilogram of glacier ice in the long run.

25 May 2016

Spectacular view of fjord and glacier from NASA's IceBridge - See pic!

This year marks IceBridge's eighth spring campaign of science flights over Arctic sea and land.

12 Feb 2016

Increasing water on land slowing down rising seas

The water gains over land were spread globally but taken together, they equal the volume of Lake Huron, the world’s seventh largest lake.

13 Oct 2015

Melting of Antarctic ice shelves may double by 2050

Ice shelves are believed to be the floating extensions of the continent's massive land-based ice sheets.

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