Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Melting <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> caused almost 2cm of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sealevelrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sealevelrise</span></a> this century, study reveals<br>Decades-long research shows world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> between 2000 and 2023, causing an 18mm (0.7in) rise in global <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sealevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sealevel</span></a>.<br>Regional losses were highly variable; the Antarctic and subantarctic islands lost 2% of their volume but central Europe’s glaciers lost 39%.<br>36% more ice having melted between 2012 and 2023 compared with the previous decade.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/19/melting-glaciers-cause-almost-2cm-of-sea-level-rise-this-century-study-reveals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/feb/19/melting-glaciers-cause-almost-2cm-of-sea-level-rise-this-century-study-reveals</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>