Enormous glaciers in Greenland are depositing ever larger chunks of ice into the Atlantic ocean, where it melts. But scientists have found that the largest ice loss in the decade from 2003 actually occurred in the southwest region of the island, which is largely glacier-free. Overall, the scientists said, the melt of Antarctica added water equivalent to 13.2 millimetres of sea level rise over the past four decades. Arctic ice loss has tripled since the 1980s, with melting in places such as Greenland and Alaska providing the greatest instigator of sea level rise while destabilising the very ground underneath four million people's feet. The world's largest expanse of ice is now losing around 219 billion tons of ice a year, a trajectory that would contribute more than 25 centimetres to total global sea level rise by 2070.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 22, 2019 15:00 UTC