Concept information
Preferred term
Greenland Ice Sheet
Definition
- THE GREENLAND ICE Sheet contains about 10 percent of the world's fresh water, and is vulnerable to mass loss by climate warming; if it were to melt, it would cause a 24 ft. (7.4 m.) rise in global sea level. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Greenland Ice Sheet]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Greenland_Ice_Sheet
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