The Antarctic ice sheet is the world's largest permanently iced area. If the sea warms by only 0.5 degrees, the ice shelf melts from below and breaks at the edges. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert Coellen/Mirko Tribanek/Mandy Blaurock,Susan Kreher/Jochen Schmi
The Antarctic ice sheet is the world's largest permanently icy area. If the sea warms by just 0.5 degrees, the ice shelf melts from below and breaks at the edges. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert Coellen/Mirko Tribanek/Mandy Blaurock,Susan Kreher/Jochen Schmid
Sea level can deviate regionally from the global mean. Wind and currents push the water masses differently against the coasts and influence the level there. In addition, the earth's crust moves. Some coasts rise, others sink. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert
Greenland's ice sheet consists of about 2.7 million gigatons of ice. Until 1990, the ice mass remained about the same. Since the turn of the millennium, Greenland has been steadily losing ice to the sea. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert Coellen/Mirko Tribanek/
