Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years

The report translates trillion tons into a five-foot wall of ice across America, because apparently the number alone wasn't going to move anyone.

About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report.

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