Summary

Glaciers ending in lakes, oceans or ice shelves make up 3.2% of the world's glaciers, but lost 134 billion metric tons (148 billion tons) of ice each year between 2000 and 2019, accounting for more than half of all glacier ice loss, a new study shows. The team of environmental scientists found that these glaciers tend to be much larger than those ending on land, together covering more than half of the world's glacier area. But for glaciers ending in lakes, size isn't the whole story.

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