In a new research report published in Nature Climate Change journal, glaciologists have said that no matter how much fossil fuel pollution remains in the future, the amount of heat on the earth today will melt 3.3 percent of the volume of the Greenland ice sheet. As a result, the sea level will rise by 27.4 cm.
In the future, even if there is no global warming, the melting ice sheet in Greenland will raise the water level of the oceans significantly and its "bad" results will be seen in this century, the study adds. The melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will not only change the map of the world in the coming years but will eventually submerge the areas where millions of people live today.
According to the US space agency NASA, the Greenland ice sheet is the most crucial factor in the rise of oceans on Earth. The heat in the Arctic region is increasing more rapidly than in the rest of the world. Researchers have not been able to tell the exact timeframe of this event, but they say that most of the part will be completed in this century. This means that, at present, the model of rising sea levels will be left behind.
These surprising results also tell us the least damaged situation because they do not account for the effect of future heat. "The climate around Greenland will continue to warm, that's for sure," said lead author Jason Box from the National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.
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