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Greenland's ice sheet shrinks for a 30th year in a row
Greenland's ice sheet has lost more ice than it gained for the 30th consecutive year, according to a guest post on Carbon Brief. The researchers measure the ice sheet's yearly "mass balance": the snow that falls on it, minus the ice lost through melting and through icebergs breaking off into the sea. Their figures cover a 12-month period, and for three decades the result has been a net loss.
Türkiye Today reported the same finding under a headline linking the shrinking ice sheet to higher seas. Greenland holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by about seven metres if it all melted, so even the share lost each year adds steadily to sea-level rise and to flood risk on coasts around the world.
A 30-year streak means that every season since the mid-1990s has ended with less ice than it began with, including years when heavy snowfall slowed the losses.
How each outlet framed it
- Carbon Brief — the scientists' own account of the season, with the 30-year streak as the headline.
- Türkiye Today — the consequence for coasts: a shrinking ice sheet pushing seas higher.
What we don't know yet: how the next melt season will turn out. A cold, snowy year can reduce the loss, but none has been enough to end the run in three decades.