19/02/2025 (Agence Europe) – A study published on Wednesday 19 February in the journal Nature reports an acceleration in the melting of the world’s glaciers. Between 2000 and 2023, 6,542 billion tonnes of ice were lost, leading to an 18 mm rise in sea levels. The rate of melting has increased by 36% over the last ten years to 314 billion tonnes per year. Conducted as part of the Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (GlaMBIE), the study involved 35 research teams and was...