Irreversible damage

Erosion of glaciers must be slowed

The recent collapse of a massive glacier of New York’s size in East Antarctica and persistent loss of age-old ice deposits in the Arctic region have worrisome oceanic and terrestrial upshots that cut across the continents. The rise in sea level and changes in the temperature and acidity of the sea waters as a consequence of unabated global warming bode ill for the existence of several small island nations and coastal habitations, apart from marine fisheries and aquatic biodiversity. The Arctic Report Card 2021, the 16th in the series of peer-reviewed annual reports issued by the US National Oceanic and