Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years

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Add as preferred source Two groups from the Poseidon Expeditions tour company look at a glacier in the Scoresby Sund, Sept. 7, 2023, in Greenland. Credit: AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report.