Glaciers Are Losing Billions and Billions of Tons of Ice Each Year

In a new study published in Nature, researchers say that 390 billion metric tons of ice and snow from glaciers are melting globally every year. Over the last half century, melting from glaciers have also caused the earth's oceans to rise one inch. Meanwhile the warming oceans have expanded, amounting to over 9 inches, on average, in total sea level rise. ► Subscribe for more tech & culture videos: http://on.mash.to/subscribe ◄ MORE FROM MASHABLE ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/6ElleCub6uM ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/jAu1ZsTCA64 ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/W8T6fYt9-tA  Subscribe to Mashable: http://on.mash.to/subscribe  Best of playlist: https://on.mash.to/BestOf  MASHABLE ACROSS THE WEB  Mashable.com: http://on.mash.to/1hCcRpl  Facebook: http://bit.ly/2T5bgLp Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Cx8gSN Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Tctzi3 Mashable is for superfans. We're not for the casually curious. Obsess with us. #glaciers #globalwarming #climatechange http://bit.ly/2vagxrn Mashable April 12, 2019 at 11:07AM