Glacial Loss 2010-2020
WorldPhysical EnvironmentLoss of glacial ice between 1961 and 2016 measured using satellite imagery and field observations.
A map shows the minimum sea ice extent and glacial loss (2010 to 2020), marked by blue circles. The largest glacial loss is in the Gulf of Alaska, 83.1 gigatons, and the smallest in Iceland, Antarctic, and Subantarctic, 3.5 gigatons.
Alaska | Equatorial | Tropical | Subtropical | Temperate | Subpolar | Doppler Radar Sites (US) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northwest Territories | 1.67% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 8.19% | ||||||
Nunavut | 4.30% | ||||||
Nova Scotia | 8.68% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 54.8% | ||||||
New Brunswick | 2.16% | ||||||
British Columbia | 1.39% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.85% | 0.552% | |||||
Connecticut | 0.661% | ||||||
Québec | 0.264% | 0.352% | |||||
Ontario | 0.107% | ||||||
Alaska | 2.05% | 0.827% | 1 | ||||
Arizona | 1 | ||||||
Utah | 2 | ||||||
Florida | 2.09% | 1 | |||||
Idaho | 1 | ||||||
Vermont | 1 | ||||||
Washington | 0.763% | 1 | |||||
Wyoming | 1 | ||||||
Montana | 1 | ||||||
Maine | 1.22% | 1 | |||||
North Dakota | 1 | ||||||
Kentucky | 1 | ||||||
Virginia | 0.104% | 1.74% | 1 | ||||
Delaware | 4.66% | 1 | |||||
Mississippi | 1 | ||||||
West Virginia | 1 | ||||||
Nebraska | 1 | ||||||
Texas | 0.188% | 1 | |||||
Missouri | 2 | ||||||
Louisiana | 3.62% | 1 | |||||
Hawaii | 2.56% | 35.3% | 1 | ||||
North Carolina | 2.25% | 1 | |||||
Oregon | 0.245% | 1 | |||||
Alabama | 0.128% | 1 | |||||
New Mexico | 1 | ||||||
Kansas | 2 | ||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||
New Jersey | 3.26% | 2 | |||||
South Carolina | 1 | ||||||
Michigan | 1 | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 1 | ||||||
Colorado | 1 | ||||||
Nevada | 1 | ||||||
Massachusetts | 0.220% | 7.89% | 2 | ||||
Georgia | 1 | ||||||
New York | 1.81% | 1 | |||||
Maryland | 3.11% | 1 | |||||
Oklahoma | 1 | ||||||
Tennessee | 2 | ||||||
California | 0.550% | 0.247% | 1 | ||||
Arkansas | 1 | ||||||
South Dakota | 1 | ||||||
Ohio | 1 | ||||||
Indiana | 2 | ||||||
Minnesota | 2 | ||||||
Iowa | 1 | ||||||
Illinois | 1 | ||||||
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