A study released
by the
University of Zurich
published in Nature:
2 Inches per century is the estimated rate
of sea level rise from melting glaciers
other than those on Greenland
and Antarctica.
+27mm between 1961 and 2016 !
That's equivalent to two inches a century.
Head for the hills !
The researchers used a comprehensive
database compiled by the World
Glacier Monitoring Service
maintained by a worldwide network
of observers.
They combined these data
with their own satellite analyses.
The study headline
at www.Phys.org stated:
“335 billion tons
of ice lost each year.”
and said:
“Glaciers have lost
more than 9 trillion tons
( 9,625,000,000,000 tons )
of ice between 1961 and 2016,
which has resulted in
global sea levels rising
by 27 millimeters
in this period.”
They never mentioned +27 mm
over the 55-year period
is only +2 inches per century !
is only +2 inches per century !
The abstract of the paper states:
“The present glacier mass loss
is equivalent to the
sea-level contribution
of the Greenland Ice Sheet,
clearly exceeds the loss
from the Antarctic Ice Sheet,
and accounts for 25 to 30 per cent
of the total observed sea-level rise.”
At 30% of total sea-level rise,
this implies only +6.6 inches
per century of sea level rise
per century of sea level rise
At 25% of total sea level rise,
this implies only +8 inches
per century of sea level rise
per century of sea level rise
Melting ice sheets in Greenland
and the Antarctic, as well as
ice melt from glaciers
all over the world,
are causing rising sea levels.
Glaciers alone have lost
more than 9 trillion tons of ice
since 1961, raising water levels
by +27 millimeters, an international
research team under the lead
of the University of Zurich
has now found.
The largest contributors were
glaciers in Alaska, followed by
the melting ice fields in Patagonia
and glaciers in the Arctic regions.
Glaciers in the European Alps,
the Caucasus and New Zealand
were also subject to significant
ice loss; however, due to their
relatively small size, they played
only a minor role in the
rising global sea levels.
The only place in Antarctica
where Ice can “melt” due to
air temperatures is around
the coast, the rest of it is
below zero down
to -50 degrees C.