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Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More » Alaska glaciers shed 46 billion tons of ice annuallyFebruary 15th, 2012 by Susan Smith
New estimates published this week in the online edition of the journal of Nature reports that Alaska glaciers have been shedding about 46 billion tons of ice each year, making America’s Arctic state the world’s single biggest contributor to glacier-fed sea level rise outside of Greenland or Antarctica. Still, Alaska remains a wee player in the global ice frappe, producing only about 8.5 percent of the world’s annual glacier shrinkage of 526 billion tons, according to the study, led by a team at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Alaska glaciers are losing 46 billion tons of ice each year – Alaska Dispatch Tags: Alaska, Arctic, climate change, geospatial, GIS, global warming, ice, Nature, University of Colorado at Boulder Category: climate change |
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