- The world’s glaciers hold enough ice to raise sea levels about 32.3 centimeters, and a new machine-learning model maps that ice in greater detail.
- IceBoost v2.0 learned from more than 7 million thickness measurements and 26 glacier characteristics to estimate ice depth around the world.
- The improved maps could sharpen sea-level and freshwater projections while showing scientists where more direct glacier measurements are still needed.
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