Glaciers ending in lakes, oceans or ice shelves make up 3.2% of the world's glaciers, but lost 134 billion metric tons (148 billion tons) of ice each year between 2000 and 2019, accounting for more than half of all glacier ice loss, a new study shows.
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October 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Just 3% of the world's glaciers account for over half of glacier ice loss
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Excerpt from Phys.org.