Cryosphere Stats

Area and duration of snow cover are decreasing at … per decade

2-4 days

Duration of show cover is projected to decrease by another …

10-20%

In the past 50 years, Arctic temperatures have risen by … the global average

more than twice

In the Arctic, precipitation rates increase at … per degree

4.5%

Basins most at risk see … of irrigation demand needing to be met by alternative water supplies under RCP4

40%

… of ski lifts may be considered in critical condition in the near future

14-25%

There has been a total loss of … of snow cover in the Arctic from 1967-2018

2.5 million km2

Under RCP8.5, Arctic spring snow cover will decrease by … by 2050

50-90%

Between 2007 and 2016, global permafrost temperatures increased by …

0.29 degrees

Between 2007 and 2016, Antarctic permafrost temperatures increased by …

0.37 degrees

Between 1950s and 2010s, there has been a decrease of … in the areal extent of palsas and peat plateas in northern Norway

33-71%

Global permafrost thaw is expected to increase by … under RCP8.5

69%

Due to sea ice retreat, Arctic Ocean save heights are projected to increase up to … offshore

6m

Reductions of sea ice in the 1960s in the Weddell sector range from … through summer

3-7.9 degrees

The southern ice edge of Antarctica shifted … degrees south from 1950s to 1980s

2.4

Arctic sea ice extent decreased by … per decade form 1979-2018

13%

Multi-year sea ice has declined by … in the Arctic

90%

At 2 degrees of warming, the probability of a sea-ice free September in the Arctic is …

10-35%

Total glacier mass change was … between 1819-2019 in Iceland

-540 Gt

Glacier mass loss in Iceland between 1819-2019 is equivalent to … of sea level rise

1.5 mm

The most rapid glacier mass loss in Iceland occurred between 1994-2010 at … per year

9.5 Gt

Andes glaciers have seen a total loss of … per year from 2000-2018

22.9 Gt

High Mountain Asia saw a glacier mass decrease of around … per year from 2000-2016

16.3 Gt

The Nyaninqentanghla region in the Andes gained … per year from 2000-2016

1.4 Gt

From 2000 to 2019, global glaciers lost a mass of … per year

267 Gt

Global glacier mass loss from 2000-2019 was equivalent to … (%) of observed sea level rise

21%

The Greenland Ice sheet has experiences accelerating mass loss since …

2005

Between 1992 and 2020, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have lost …of ice

7.6 trillion tonnes

The Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets store around … of Earth’s freshwater

68%

The growth of pigmented algae on the Greenland Ice Sheet contributed an additional … of runoff in the SW sector

6 Gt

Patches of high biomass algae on the GrIS accelerated melting up to …

26%

From 2001-2017, the GrIS snowline fluctuations amplified ice sheet loss … more than hydrological or biological processes

5x

Limiting warming to 1.5 degrees could decrease sea level rise from … by 2100

25 to 13 cm

Between 2006-2015 the Antarctic ice sheet lost … per year

155 Gt

Between 2006-2015 the Greenland ice sheet lost … per year

278 Gt

Glaciers worldwide between 2006-2015 lost … per year

220 Gt

Global mean sea level rise for 2006-2015 is … with ice sheets and glaciers as the dominant source

3.6 mm

Mass loss from the Antarctic ice sheet … between 2007-2016 compared to 1997-2006

Tripled

Mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet … between 2007-2016 compared to 1997-2006

Doubled

Glacier mass reductions are projected at … for RCP8.5 between 2015-2100

94 mm

Small glaciers are expected to lose over … of current mass by 2100 under RCP8.5

80%

… people live under severe water scarcity at least one month of the year, nearly Half are in India and China

4 billion

In 2100 under RCP8.5 the GrIS projected contribution to global mean sea level rise is …

0.15 mm

In 2100 under RCP8.5 the Antarctic ice sheet projected contribution to global mean sea level rise is …

0.12 mm