Tag: ice melting

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 15:18 UTC

  Latest “massive melting” of Greenland ice sheet could cover Florida with five centimeters of water

  

  The Polar Portal website has reported that the Greenland ice sheet recent “massive melting event” released enough mass to cover the state of Florida with 5 centimeters of water.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Global sea levels rising higher than forecasted because of ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica

  

  Scientists believe that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to accelerating melting in Greenland and Antarctica, The long-held view has been that the world's seas would rise by a maximum of just under a meter by 2100.