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Greenland will lose at least 3.3% of its ice, over 100 trillion metric tons. This loss is already committed – ice that must melt and calve icebergs to reestablish Greenland’s balance with prevailing climate.

Greenland ice melting faster than forecast, 10-inch rise in sea level now 'irreversible'

Sep 5, 2022 ◇ Alun Hubbard/University of Tromsø/The Conversation

Greenland’s ice sheet is set to retreat by at least 22,780 square miles, and - if all greenhouse gas emissions driving global warming ceased today - ice loss will raise global sea level by at least 10 inches. Read more»

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Calamity Calling: An investigation into global climate change

Apr 8, 2014 ◇ Thomas Mucha/GlobalPost

Forget the debate over climate change. Calamity is already upon us. A yearlong GlobalPost investigation assesses the damage from the Amazon, to Africa, to the Gobi, Greenland and beyond. Read more»


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