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All the Ice on Greenland
Greenland holds enough ice to raise global sea level 23 feet – or to fill the Lower 48 states 2,940 feet high, like a bathtub.
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Greenland Annual Ice Loss 2004-07
Greenland’s estimated ice loss each year from 2004 through 2007.
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Greenland Total Ice Loss 2004-07
Greenland has been losing large amounts of ice into the sea – enough to collect into rafts the size of states.
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Greenland and San Francisco Bay
Greenland has been shedding billions of tons of ice in 2007, the melted equivalent of draining San Francisco Bay every 10 days.
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Alaska’s Ice Drain 2004-07
Alaska has been shedding large amounts of ice into the sea – on average, enough to fill a daily freight train around the world.
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Arctic Sea Ice: Heat Shield
Arctic sea ice acts like a heat shield, reflecting most of the sun’s energy. As the ice has melted back, it reflects less, and the planet is absorbing more heat.
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Copenhagen Diagnosis
The Copenhagen Diagnosis is a major climate change report released on November 24, 2009. Key findings in the report include that climate-related changes are happening faster than scientists expected only a few years ago and that the average scientific projection for sea level rise has increased sharply.
