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. 2021 Jan 1;7(1):eaba7282. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba7282

Table 1. Grounded ice retreat, ice discharge, and mean mass balance for six glacier categories and three time periods: 1992–1997, 1998–2007, and 2008–2017.

The first four categories pertain to glaciers terminating in DW, on CR, in SC (<100-m depth), and with FE. The final two categories pertain to glaciers already in an SR, and NC glaciers with no ocean and bathymetry data.

Category No. of glaciers Ice loss (km2) Discharge Mass balance
1992–1997 1998–2007 2008–2017 1992–2017 (Gt/year) 1992–2017 (Gt/year)
DW 74 13.5 601.9 612.9 225.8 −66.3
CR 27 10.0 29.3 32.0 84.0 −12.9
SC 24 3.8 34.8 34.6 20.9 −6.7
FE 10 107.2 192.5 256.7 80.9 −20.6
SR 4 26.3 37.9 57.8 3.2 −3.4
NC 87 19.0 181.8 200.1 62.1 −26.2
Total 226 179.7 1078.2 1194.2 476.9 −136.0