[margalabargala]

I did not mean to downplay severity. I live in an area with a few dozen glaciers, and I've spent the last decade watching them become smaller and smaller with each passing year.

The article being off by three orders of magnitude annoyed me because the loss of that quantity of ice in one location in just 70 years would be catastrophic; if we assume 40 meter thickness, that's 58 cubic kilometers of water added into the local watershed.

As it stands, the statistic is "just" depressing.

[harlanlewis]

Apologies for misreading your intent, I hear you and am in full agreement.