Glaciers losing ice, says ESA's CryoSat.

Using data from ESA's CryoSat satellite, scientists have discovered that glaciers worldwide have shrunk by a total of 2% in just 10 years, losing 2720 Gigatonnes of ice between 2010 and 2020. Higher air temperatures are responsible for 89% of this ice loss, while the remaining 11% is due to ice discharge caused by warmer ocean waters. The loss of glaciers is set to cause serious problems for local populations and industries relying on freshwater sources, and is contributing more to sea-level rise than the ice being lost from either of the giant ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica.