We built an AI model that analysed millions of images of retreating glaciers – what it found is alarming

By Tian Li, Senior Research Associate, Bristol Glaciology Centre, University of Bristol
Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Glaciology and Earth Observation, University of Bristol
Konrad Heidler, Chair of Data Science in Earth Observation, Technical University of Munich

The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the global average since 1979. Svalbard, an archipelago near the northeast coast of Greenland, is at the frontline of this climate change, warming up to seven times faster than the rest of the world.

More than half of Svalbard is covered by glaciers. If they were to completely melt tomorrow, the global sea level would rise by 1.7cm. Although this won’t happen overnight, glaciers…

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