Greenland and Antarctica have lost more than 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1979, an amount equivalent to covering the entire continental territory of the United States with an ice sheet about 1.5 metres thick.
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Greenland and Antarctica have lost more than 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1979, an amount equivalent to covering the entire continental territory of the United States with an ice sheet about 1.5 metres thick.
Research indicates that 2 to 3 million people can be affected by annual floods every centimeter of increase; amount of melted ice between 1979 and 2023 equals the entire continental area of the USA