Arctic glaciers are shrinking at a rate of one kilometer per year

According to NASA experts, the process of melting glaciers in some areas of the Arctic is irreversible. This means that they can no longer be restored, and their complete disappearance is a matter of the near future. Confirmation of the disaster were numerous images from space.
Studies show that in some areas they are disappearing at a rate of up to 1 kilometer per year, and the Smith Glacier in the Western Arctic at 2 km per year. Over a decade and a half, its size decreased by 35 kilometers. This means that in about 20 years, the volume of water in the world's oceans will increase by about 100 billion tons.

In addition to rising sea levels (about 1 cm), melted glaciers contribute to a sharp increase in evaporation and condensation volume, which in turn greatly increase the power of downpours, hurricanes and destructive typhoons, which we regularly observe in various regions of the planet. A number of well-known environmental scientists believe that it is no longer possible to change the situation for the better, and significant areas of land will eventually become the seabed.

Source: techcult.ru