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Trillions of tonnes of ice disappear from Earth

British academics have found that trillions of tonnes of ice have disappeared from Earth since 1994. Radio New Zealand’s Karyn Hay caught up with the Head of UC’s School of Earth and Environment, Professor Jamie Shulmeister to discuss.

Greenland Ice sheet. Photo: NASA

Greenland’s ice sheet lost a record amount of mass last year – more than a million tonnes of ice every minute – which could result in a catastrophic sea level rise.

Karyn speaks with glacier scientist, Professor Jamie Shulmeister, from the University of Canterbury. Listen here.

 

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