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 | 160 in and over | 110–159 in | 60–109 in | 30–59 in | 15–29 in | Under 15 in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 2.05% | 0.827% | 1.37% | 9.46% | 49.7% | 6.89% | ||||||
Arizona | 19.7% | 80.1% | ||||||||||
Utah | 3.97% | 40.0% | 27.9% | 25.0% | ||||||||
Yukon | 6.60% | 27.0% | 1.28% | 39.2% | ||||||||
Northwest Territories | 1.67% | 2.52% | 8.57% | 66.7% | 3.09% | |||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||
Florida | 2.09% | 99.4% | ||||||||||
Idaho | 4.80% | 1.86% | 68.1% | 1.76% | ||||||||
New Hampshire | 47.6% | 52.4% | ||||||||||
Rhode Island | 8.19% | 3.82% | ||||||||||
Vermont | 87.5% | 12.5% | ||||||||||
Washington | 0.763% | 7.48% | 30.0% | 25.7% | 7.10% | 19.9% | ||||||
Wyoming | 48.2% | 50.6% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 4.30% | 1.25% | 8.66% | 3.24% | 2.55% | |||||||
Montana | 1.78% | 37.5% | 50.0% | 8.90% | ||||||||
Maine | 1.22% | 8.65% | 87.1% | 3.81% | ||||||||
North Dakota | 38.9% | 61.1% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 30.8% | 69.2% | ||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 8.68% | 19.0% | ||||||||||
Virginia | 0.104% | 1.74% | 64.7% | 35.2% | ||||||||
Delaware | 4.66% | 5.45% | 93.8% | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 54.8% | 98.8% | ||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 95.9% | 1.98% | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 100% | |||||||||||
West Virginia | 57.4% | 42.6% | ||||||||||
Nebraska | 39.2% | 60.8% | ||||||||||
Texas | 0.188% | 99.8% | ||||||||||
Missouri | 76.8% | 23.2% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 3.62% | 99.6% | ||||||||||
Hawaii | 2.56% | 35.3% | 10.4% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 2.25% | 99.0% | ||||||||||
Oregon | 0.245% | 9.17% | 6.14% | 26.6% | 1.05% | 18.6% | ||||||
New Brunswick | 2.16% | 50.9% | 48.6% | |||||||||
Alabama | 0.128% | 100% | ||||||||||
New Mexico | 8.69% | 12.8% | 21.6% | 56.9% | ||||||||
Kansas | 76.2% | 23.8% | ||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3.31% | 96.1% | ||||||||||
British Columbia | 1.39% | 1.49% | 2.94% | 2.84% | 9.04% | 1.50% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.85% | 0.552% | 1.25% | 10.4% | 8.92% | |||||||
New Jersey | 3.26% | 45.8% | 53.6% | |||||||||
South Carolina | 99.9% | |||||||||||
Michigan | 13.1% | 57.5% | ||||||||||
Alberta | 4.59% | 15.5% | 78.2% | 1.72% | ||||||||
Connecticut | 0.661% | 99.9% | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 4.01% | 95.7% | ||||||||||
Colorado | 30.9% | 47.9% | 20.2% | 1.04% | ||||||||
Nevada | 7.06% | 22.8% | 22.5% | 39.6% | ||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.220% | 7.89% | 98.2% | |||||||||
Georgia | 99.9% | |||||||||||
New York | 1.81% | 3.86% | 64.9% | 2.90% | ||||||||
Maryland | 3.11% | 16.2% | 83.0% | |||||||||
Québec | 0.264% | 0.352% | 12.6% | 33.5% | 46.1% | 3.40% | ||||||
Manitoba | 52.6% | 46.9% | ||||||||||
Oklahoma | 99.6% | |||||||||||
Tennessee | 8.28% | 91.7% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 0.107% | 9.58% | 86.3% | 3.20% | ||||||||
California | 0.550% | 0.247% | 5.57% | 6.20% | 14.9% | 73.0% | ||||||
Arkansas | 100% | |||||||||||
South Dakota | 60.2% | 39.8% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 2.34% | 56.3% | 41.4% | |||||||||
Indiana | 25.6% | 72.5% | 1.94% | |||||||||
Minnesota | 6.02% | 92.1% | 1.85% | |||||||||
Iowa | 47.2% | 52.8% | ||||||||||
Illinois | 18.2% | 68.2% | 13.6% | |||||||||
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