Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Loss Accelerates

Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Loss Accelerates, confirmed by a landmark 2025 Nature study showing a record 600 billion tonnes lost in 2024, contributing 1.7 mm to global sea level in a single year—50% faster than the 2012 record melt. This rate exceeded worst-case IPCC projections, raising sea level rise estimates by 10-20 cm by 2100. Coastal nations, notably Pacific and Indian Ocean states, urgently called for adaptation funding, as this accelerates impacts compared to the 2019 Antarctic melt event.