The study analyzed satellite data that measured small changes in height of the surface of the ice and snow on the continent. While it appears that ice mass is growing at the moment, scientists note that, within a few decades, that trend could be reversed.
She is Europe's oldest living person and has attributed her longevity to eating several raw eggs a day. The oldest person ever to have lived was the French woman Jeanne Calment who died aged 122 years and 164 days, according to Guinness World Records.
More evidence of Calment's lifespan has been produced than for any other supercentenarian; her case serves as an archetype in the methodology for verifying the ages of the world's oldest people. As women live longer then men, combined records for both sexes are dominated by women. The longest undisputed lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897â2013), who died at age 116 years, 54 days. He was also the world's oldest living person from December 2012 until his death. Since the death of 116-year-old Jeralean Talley of the United States on 17 June 2015, Susannah Mushatt Jones also of the United States, born 6 July 1899, is the oldest living person in the world whose age can be documented.