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Showing posts with label Sea level rise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sea level rise. Show all posts

Monday, November 11, 2013

Just a little reminder about the effects of warming

USGS data

Table 1. Estimated potential maximum sea-level rise from the total melting of present-day glaciers.
[km3, cubic kilometers; m, meters]
Location Volume (km3) Potential sea-level rise, (m)
East Antarctic ice sheet
26,039,200
64.80
West Antarctic ice sheet
3,262,000
8.06
Antarctic Peninsula
227,100
.46
Greenland
2,620,000
6.55
All other ice caps, ice fields, and valley glaciers
180,000
.45
Total
32,328,300
80.32

80 meters = ca. 260 ft