Earth Science: Ten Years of Global Glacier Ice Loss | Europe's CryoSat Mission

Earth Science: Ten Years of Global Glacier Ice Loss | Europe's CryoSat Mission

Thanks to the European Space Agency’s CryoSat satellite and a breakthrough way of using its data, scientists have discovered that glaciers worldwide have shrunk by a total of 2% in just 10 years. This is because of higher air temperatures.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: April 26, 2023  

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