28 Trillion Earth Ice lost in just 25 Years
Last Modified on 27th Jan, 2021 8:00 PM IST
Representative Image of Antarctica Ice melting
Climate change plays a major role in ice melting process of the
Earth. The research says that we lost 28 trillion tons of ice
between 1994 and 2017.
A research paper named Earth's Ice Imbalance published in the
European Geosciences Union's Journal - "The Cryosphere". The
research was conducted by a team of scientists from University of Leeds,
University of Edinburgh, University College London and Data Science
Specialists-Earthwave. According to the University of Leeds, the
research is carried out a survey of global ice loss using satellite
data.
The scientists found that the rate of ice loss has increased than past
three decades. The paper mentions that loss of ice from Arctic sea
ice is 7.6 trillion tons, Antarctic ice sheet is 2.5 trillion tons,
Mountain Glaciers is 6.1 trillion tons, Antarctic ice shelves is 6.5
trillion tons, Greenland ice sheet is 3.8 trillion tons, Southern ocean
sea ice has also decreased in high range.
The rate of melting of ice is 65% faster than before. The
atmospheric temperature is rising and the ocean level is rising due to ice
melting.
The only way to stop temperature rising is to plant more trees, lesser the
use of vehicles and start to save energy. Then only we can protect
this Earth from Global warming and climate change and we can stop the
melting of ice.
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