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Satellite data showed Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets lost more than 11 trillion tonnes of ice since 1979, driven mainly by faster glacier flow and boosting sea‑level rise.
by James M. Bullock Reposted by Mark Lubell
“Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found”
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Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:27 AM
“Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found”
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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“The ice sheets lost 11,309 ± 565 billion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023, with glacier dynamical imbalance driving 84% of the ice loss and surface mass balance the remainder.”
11 trillion tonnes…
If you spread that over Australia it would be 1.6m thick.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
11 trillion tonnes…
If you spread that over Australia it would be 1.6m thick.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from the 1970s to 2023 - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from the 1970s to 2023
www.nature.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
“The ice sheets lost 11,309 ± 565 billion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023, with glacier dynamical imbalance driving 84% of the ice loss and surface mass balance the remainder.”
11 trillion tonnes…
If you spread that over Australia it would be 1.6m thick.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
11 trillion tonnes…
If you spread that over Australia it would be 1.6m thick.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by David Johnson
Satellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica reut.rs/4yHngGN
Satellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica
New research based on satellite data going back to the 1970s has documented major polar ice losses in Greenland and Antarctica — home to Earth's two great ice sheets — that have contributed to rising global sea levels.
reut.rs
September 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Satellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica reut.rs/4yHngGN
Reposted by David Johnson
Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say reut.rs/4AchDBX
Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say
Climate change is highly likely to have contributed to the catastrophic glacier collapse that flooded parts of Nepal and Tibet in late August, killing around 1,400 people and leaving thousands still missing, scientists said on Thursday.
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September 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say reut.rs/4AchDBX