Ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica hits new record

Paris (ESA) Apr 24, 2023

A new report states that ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica has increased fivefold since the 1990s, and now accounts for a quarter of sea-level rise. It is without doubt that climate change is causing our polar ice sheets to melt, thereby driving up sea levels and putting coastal regions around the world at risk. Since 1992, when satellite records of ice-sheet melt began, the polar ice sheet