Greenland Ice Loss Expected To Raise Global Sea Levels By Nearly A Foot New Study Finds
Researchers from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland observed changes in ice sheet volume in and around Greenland and saw that meltwater runoff was the main driver. Using “well-established theory,” scientists were able to determine that about 3.3 percent of the Greenland ice sheet — equivalent to 110 trillion tons of ice — will inevitably melt as the ice sheet reacts to changes that have already occurred . Sea-level rise from this melting ice will occur “regardless of any predictable future climate path this century,” according to lead author Jason Box, a scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland....