Sept 16 : New research based on satellite data going back to the 1970s has documented major polar ice losses in Greenland and Antarctica — home to Earth's two great ice sheets — that have contributed to rising global sea levels.Between 1979 and 2023, according to data from 27 satellite missions, Greenland

Sept 16 : New research based on satellite data going back to the 1970s has documented major polar ice losses in Greenland and Antarctica — home to Earth's two great ice sheets — that have contributed to rising global sea levels.Between 1979 and 2023, according to data from 27 satellite missions, Greenland

A warming Earth is accelerating the melting of the planet's two major ice sheets, with five-sixths coming from warmer waters eating away at them.

A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979.