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Ice sheet mass balance

Cumulative change in mass of ice sheets, measured relative to a base year of 2002. For reference, 1,000 billion metric tons is equal to about 260 cubic miles of ice—enough to raise sea level by about 3 millimeters.

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11 Sept 2026
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