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Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had a silly math problem in my head, so I thought I'd let you know:

30m tonnes ice = 30,000,000 m³ water
Earth's surface = 510,000,000 km²
Ocean's surface approx 2/3, so 340,000,000 km²

That's 0.088m² or 88 Liters fresh water / km² / hour, which adds 88nm to the sea level each hour, or 0.77mm each year.

I think, feel free to check :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And thats just from greenlands melted ice. The is a lot more melting ice in the world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And some of the ice contains trapped methane which accelerates the process even more. As does the reduced solar reflection of the diminishing ice cap 😢