A study that monitors the 10 worst years of polar ice melt ever
A study that monitors the 10 worst years of polar ice melt ever
A study that monitors the 10 worst years of polar ice melt ever
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Leeds in Britain showed that the most 10 years of melting of the polar ice cap ever recorded all occurred between 1992 and 2022, when the ice sheets melted by 7.6 billion tons of ice due to climate changes and global warming.
The researchers explained that this rate of melting of polar ice has caused losses in ice sheets amounting to a quarter of the global total, a four-fold increase from what it was 30 years ago, which poses a serious threat to coastal communities, increasing their vulnerability to floods and erosion.
Scientists have also warned that rising sea levels caused by melting ice are causing widespread flooding along coastlines around the world, noting that if this melt continues at its current pace we could see sea levels rise by nearly a foot by the end of the century.
