Between 1992 and 2017, global mean sea levels rose by 17.8 millimeters. This is mainly due to the melting of inland glaciers on Greenland, which accounted for 10.6 millimeters of the sea level rise. The melting of glaciers is not the only threat to sea level rise, the warming of oceans as a result of increasing global temperatures is causing the existing sea water to expand slightly.
The rate at which Earth is losing its icecaps is accelerating. In the 2010s, the average rate of loss was 475 billion metric tons of ice per year, which is significantly higher than the 1990s rate of 81 billion metric tons of ice per year. The estimates for global sea level rise by 2100 is around 0.5 meters.
Key information on melting icecaps and sea level rise worldwide between 1990 and 2017
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Climate News Network. (March 19, 2020). Key information on melting icecaps and sea level rise worldwide between 1990 and 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105837/selected-icecap-sealevel-stats/
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