Antarctica Ice Loss 2024

Antarctica Ice Loss 2024. Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest annual extent on february 20, 2024, with a total of 1.99 million square kilometers (768,000 square miles). Orange and red shades indicate areas that lost ice mass, while light blue shades indicate areas that gained ice mass.


Antarctica Ice Loss 2024

Antarctica is losing ice mass (melting) at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year, and greenland is losing about 270 billion tons per year, adding to sea level rise. Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024.

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