Title: Global ice loss simulated over Oslo

Description: Using information from ESA’s ERS, Envisat and CryoSat satellites, as well as the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 missions, research led by Tom Slater of the University of Leeds, found that the rate at which Earth has lost ice has increased markedly within the past three decades. Currently, more than a trillion tonnes of ice is lost each year. To put this into perspective, this is equivalent to an ice cube measuring 10x10x10 km over Oslo’s skyline.

Copyright:Planetary Visions/ESA