Tag Archives: sea level

Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting rapidly and driving sea level rise, new satellite data finds

Earth’s ice sheets

The Earth’s ice sheets lost enough ice over the last 30 years to create an ice cube 12 miles high, according to new research.

Ice sheet uncertainties could mean sea level will rise more than predicted

Ice sheet

Sea level could rise higher than current estimates by 2100 if climate change is unchallenged, according to a new assessment. Its authors say understanding the way strong global heating affects polar ice sheets will be crucial to projecting sea level rise over the next century. However, uncertainties remain and current knowledge about ice sheets suggests sea-level rise under continued […]