Melting glaciers causing sea levels to rise at ever greater rates
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 10:10
in Earth & Climate
Melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic as well as ice melt from glaciers all over the world are causing sea levels to rise. Glaciers alone have lost more than 9 trillion tons of ice since 1961, raising water levels by 27 millimeters, an international research team under the lead of the University of Zurich has now found.