The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity is a single measurement of the quantity at a given point in time (1979-2022).


Value:		(3 ± 1) × 10¹¹ m³ / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... (3 ± 1) × 10² km³ / yr (3 ± 1) × 10¹⁴ L / yr
HuID:		89520
Relevant Year(s):		1979-2022
Summary:		The decadal volume loss trend from 1979-2022 of -3.0 x 10³ km³ / decade is given in Figure 1 of the source webpage . The decadal trend in the source dataset is converted to the yearly trend in the processed dataset. It is current as of January 31, 2022.
Method:		Value is calculated based on local sea ice thickness measurements from submarines and airborne electromagnetic measurements as described in the source publication. Uncertainty is based on the uncertainty in the local thickness measurements and refers to the range in trends from three ice volume determination methods.
Source:		Schweiger, A., Lindsay, R., Zhang, J., Steele, M., Stern, H., Kwok, R. Uncertainty in modeled Arctic sea ice volume. Journal of Geophysical Research : Oceans (2011)
Dataset:		Volume trend for mass loss from Arctic sea ice (1979-2022_volume_anomaly_trend.csv) regional resolution
Original Data License:		Open Access License
Added By:		nsarai