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We’ve Lost 11 Trillion Metric Tons of Ice Since the 1980s

Researchers have calculated that Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11 trillion metric tons of ice since the 1970s, which has led to a global rise in sea level of more than 3 centimeters.

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