An employee of our Institute, Dr. Bartłomiej Luks from the Department of Polar and Marine Research, contributed to the mentioned publication. He is a co-author of The Arctic chapter, section on the state of the glaciers in the Arctic (excluding Grenland, pp.: 307–310), where he presented glaciological data gathered within the monitoring programme conducted in the Polish Polar Station Hornsund on Spitsbergen.

The collected data show that since the early 1990s, glaciers and ice caps in the high northern latitudes have played an increasing role in global sea level rise. The Arctic is losing ice at an unprecedented rate. In addition to Greenland and Antarctica, 60% of the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps are in the Arctic. These ice giants are crucial to the planet's climate, but are rapidly melting due to rising temperatures. This accelerated melting is contributing significantly to sea level rise, posing a serious threat to coastal communities around the world.

Please read the full 'State of the Climate 2023' report here: www.ametsoc.org

Source: www.ncei.noaa.gov