Global glacier mass change in 2025

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Abstract

Glaciers lost 408 ± 132 Gt of mass during the hydrological year 2025, equivalent to 1.1 ± 0.4 mm sea-level rise. Since 1975, glacier mass loss has totalled 9,583 ± 1,211 Gt, equivalent to 26.4 ± 3.3 mm of sea-level rise, with six of the highest mass-loss years on record occurring in the past seven years.

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Zemp, M., Welty, E., Nussbaumer, S.U., Bannwart, J., Gärtner-Roer, I., Wells, A., Ahlstrøm, A.P., Anderson, B., Andreassen, L.M., Azam, M.F., Barnett, J., Baroni, C., Barrand, N.E., Bauder, A., Bernard, E., Berthier, E., Bertolotti, G., Bolch, T., Bonnefoy-Demongeot, M., Braun, M.H., Burgess, D., Cappelletti, D., Carrivick, J.L., Carturan, L., Cat Berro, D., Ceballos, J.L., Cobos, G., Cruz, R., Cullen, N., Cáceres, B., Dahlkvist, J., Demberel, O., de Villiers, S., Dinale, R., Drozdov, E., Dussaillant, I., Dávila, L., Elagina, N., Elvehøy, H., Erofeev, A., Falaschi, D., Fischer, A., Fischer, M., Florentine, C., Fujita, K., Galos, S.P., Garcia, A., Gourmelen, N., Grosso, F., Gubanov, A., Gunnarsson, A., Guyez, A., Hartl, L., Hoelzle, M., Huenante, J., Hugonnet, R., Huss, M., Hynek, B., Imazu, T., Iturraspe, R., Jakob, L., Joshi, S., Karimi, N., Kirchner, N., Kjøllmoen, B., Kohler, J., Kutuzov, S., Lavrentiev, I., Lea, J.M., Lendvai, A., Li, H., Li, S., Li, Z., Linsbauer, A., Marinsek, S., Mattea, E., Mayer, C., McNeil, C., Mercalli, L., Messerli, A., Michael, C., Morra di Cella, U., Navarro, F., Navruzshoev, H., Neureiter, A., Nosenko, G., Pecci, M., Pelto, M., Popovnin, V., Prinz, R., Puigdomenech, C., Purdie, H., Pálsson, F., Rossotto, A., Ruiz, L., Sass, L., Schytt Mannerfelt, E., Scotti, R., Shangguan, D., Shepherd, B., Six, D., Smirnov, A., Sobota, I., Strudl, M., Sugiyama, S., Thibert, E., Thomson, L., Thorsteinsson, T., Tielidze, L., Tolle, F., Toropov, P., Tuccella, P., Umirzakov, G., Usubaliev, R., Vargo, L., Yang, W., and Zagel, B., 2026, Global glacier mass change in 2025: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, v. 7, p. 213-215, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-026-00777-z.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Global glacier mass change in 2025
Series title Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
DOI 10.1038/s43017-026-00777-z
Volume 7
Publication Date April 07, 2026
Year Published 2026
Language English
Publisher Springer Nature
Contributing office(s) Alaska Science Center Water
Description 3 p.
First page 213
Last page 215
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