Greenland is melting even faster than experts thought, a study finds
Forty percent to 50% of the planet's population is in cities that are vulnerable to sea rise, and the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is bad news for places like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Mumbai.
Since 1972, ice loss from Greenland alone has added 13.7 millimeters to the global sea level, the study estimates. The island's ice sheet is the leading source of water added to the ocean every year. Glaciers could disappear from several mountain ranges during this century, new report saysEarlier studies that have documented similar ice loss trends for the area, suggesting that even if governments take action to reduce greenhouse gases and slow climate change, it may be too late to stop it.
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