Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America

Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America

Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America, Published online: 14 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0375-7

Synthetic aperture radar interferometry reveals that 19 Gt of ice is lost per year from glaciers in South America — mostly from Patagonia — contributing 0.04 mm annually to global sea-level rise.