If Greenland's ice sheet is melted away completely, global sea levels could rise by as much as 23 feet, raising serious concerns for coastal communities across the world.
Greenland's ice sheet experienced record melting last year that was driven by hotter temperatures and more frequent atmospheric circulation patterns triggered by climate change, scientists have confirmed.
If Greenland's ice sheet were to melt away completely, global sea levels could rise by as much as 23 feet. The stark findings show that researchers could also be underestimating future melting by about half, as most models that project future ice loss do not account for impacts from changing atmospheric circulation patterns, according to the study led by Marco Tedesco, a researcher at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Researchers warn that climate change will make the destructive high-pressure atmospheric conditions more common in Greenland, the biggest contributor to global sea level rise.
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