It’s being called ‘The Big Melt’, and with good reason: 2 trillion tons of ice has gone missing in the areas around Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska in the last 5 years, according to NASA satellite data
It’s being called ‘The Big Melt’, and with good reason: 2 trillion tons of ice has gone missing in the areas around Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska in the last 5 years, according to NASA satellite data. Among the three areas, they have contributed to about 0.2 inches in sea level rising in the past 5 years which, at first, doesn’t seem like too much. But, considering we are witnessing exponential increases in melting year after year, we are going to see the sea level rise along with it. Click here to read the full report on the topic.
