Over the past 19 months, more than one trillion tons of new ice has formed on Greenland’s surface. This is because a lot more new snow accumulates each year during the long winter, than melts during the short summer.
Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Budget: DMI
Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Budget: DMI
Greenland’s largest glaciers are also expanding.
The surface is rapidly gaining ice, and glaciers are growing. So scientists and the press (of course) report the exact opposite.
As Greenland Melts, Where’s the Water Going? – The New York Times
