"Alarming Satellite Data Reveals Antarctic Ice Shelves' 74 Trillion Ton Water Loss in Just 25 Years"

Satellite observations have revealed that over 40% of Antarctica's ice shelves have significantly reduced in volume since 1997, with 71 out of 162 ice shelves experiencing a decrease in volume. These ice shelves lost around 8.3 trillion tons of ice during the study period, releasing approximately 74 trillion tons of fresh meltwater into the ocean. The loss of ice shelves and the subsequent increase in glacier freshwater flowing into the ocean pose a double threat to Antarctica, impacting ocean circulation and global temperature regulation. The findings highlight the accelerating impact of climate change on Antarctica's ice shelves.