The western edge of the Greenland ice sheet in West Greenland from the air
The western edge of the Greenland ice sheet in West Greenland from the air The icesheet is up to 250 000 years old and up to 3200 metres thick Global warming is currently leading to rapid melt of the ice sheet which if it were to melt entirely would raise global sea levels by 9 metres swamping most major cities of the world and displacing hundreds of millions of people
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