BirminghamWater-fronted glaciers, 3.2% of all, lost 134 billion tonnes of ice yearly.
Many projections of sea-level rise and water supply do not yet account for lake-ending glaciers.
Glaciers ending in lakes lost ice 57% faster relative to size than land-ending ones, a study of 216,502 glaciers found.
“We don’t yet know exactly why,” said Dr. Joe Mallalieu, who conducted the research.
Researchers have yet to separate the lakes’ effect from glacier size, while glacier lakes multiply.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- reports that lake-terminating glaciers lost ice about 57% faster relative to size, and that this is missing from many sea-level models
Sources: Phys.org