Greenland's huge freshwater reserve is losing 357 billion tons of ice every year

It should come as no surprise that polar ice melt is being exacerbated by global warming. But so far we don't have the most accurate rough estimate of how much ice is melting in one of the Earth's largest ice reserves, Greenland .

The amount of ice melting in Greenland is a huge number.

According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications recently, the amount of ice melting in Greenland is a huge number.

The study, carried out by scientists at the University of Leeds, UK, used data from the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite to estimate how much ice has melted over the past decade due to climate change. .

Dr. Thomas Slater said: "As we have seen with other regions of the world, Greenland is also vulnerable to an increase in extreme weather events. As the climate warms, melting occurs ice in Greenland will occur more frequently. Such observations are an important step in helping us improve climate models and better predict what will happen this century."

The study found that the amount of ice melting has increased 21% since 2011, equivalent to about 357 billion tons of ice melting each year in Greenland.

Dr Slater remains hopeful that ambitious anthropogenic emissions reduction targets can cut Greenland's ice loss and meltdown by three times, and of course we still have time to achieve it. this target.

Ice in Greenland will contribute between 3 and 23cm to global sea level rise by 2100.

Study co-author Dr. Amber Leeson said: "Modelling estimates suggest that the Greenland ice sheet will contribute between 3 and 23cm to global sea level rise by 2100. The range is quite wide, in part due to the uncertainty involved in simulating complex ice melt processes, including extreme weather. more about complex ice melt processes, improving modeling capabilities and thus allowing us to adjust estimates of future sea level rise".

By combining real-time satellite observations with complex climate models, researchers like Dr. Leeson and Slater hope scientists can refine predictions accordingly. to prevent future environmental disasters.