Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Ice Melt Linked to Accelerated Regional Freshwater Depletion
June 02, 2020
June 02, 2020
PASADENA, California, June 2 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
Seven of the regions that dominate global ice mass losses are melting at an accelerated rate, a new study shows, and the quickened melt rate is depleting freshwater resources that millions of people depend on.
The impact of melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica on the world's oceans is well documented. But the largest contributors to sea level rise in the 20th century were melt . . .
Seven of the regions that dominate global ice mass losses are melting at an accelerated rate, a new study shows, and the quickened melt rate is depleting freshwater resources that millions of people depend on.
The impact of melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica on the world's oceans is well documented. But the largest contributors to sea level rise in the 20th century were melt . . .