Ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica are melting three times faster today than in the 1990s, according to a "definitive" study of satellite data.
The amount of ice lost is enough to raise world sea levels by almost one millimetre a year.
Since 1992, it has added 11.1mm to global sea levels – contributing around one-fifth of the total rise.
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