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State of the Cryosphere 2023 Report
November 25 , 2023
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- International Cryosphere Climate Initiative released this report.
- The current temperature rise of 1.2°C affects many glaciers of the northern Andes, East Africa, and Indonesia are disappearing rapidly.
- Swiss glaciers lost 10 per cent of their remaining ice over just two years.
- Sea ice around Antarctica hit an all-time low summer and winter record this year.
- Water temperatures in parts of the Arctic and North Atlantic were 4-6°C higher than normal.
- The atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations were 50 per cent above pre-industrial levels in 2023.
- At 424 parts per million, CO2 concentration was higher than at any point in at least three million years.
- Earth’s ice sheets lost 7,560 billion tonnes of ice between 1992 and 2022.
- Ice sheets in Greenland and parts of Antarctica could contribute between 12-20 metres of sea-level rise at 2°C.
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