Glacier & Ice Cap Statistics

Total Glaciers Worldwide: Over 200,000 glaciers cover around 700,000 km² of Earth’s surface.

  • Freshwater Storage: Glaciers store about 158,000 cubic kilometres of Earth’s freshwater.
  • Speed of Glacier Flow: The world’s fastest glacier moves at over 40 meters per day.
  • Annual Ice Loss: Glaciers lost an average of 273 billion tonnes of mass each year between 2000 and 2023.
  • Sea-level Rise Contribution: Glacier loss adds about 0.75 mm per year to global sea-level rise.

Global Glacier State 2024: Record Ice Loss Continues

  • Glaciers worldwide have lost over 30 metres of water equivalent (m w.e.) since 1950 — equivalent to 30 tonnes of water per square ....
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