Melting glaciers in Greenland may raise sea levels by 78 centimeters

The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet will cause global sea levels to rise by more than 10 inches (27cm) – even if the whole world stops burning fossil fuels today, a new study has warned, Report informs referring to the Daily Mail.

Researchers from the National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) studied two decades worth of measurements to predict the minimum ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet from climate warming so far.

Their findings suggest that, under the best possible situation, the Greenland Ice Sheet will lose about 110 trillion tons of ice.

Using a rigorous glaciological theory, the researchers calculated the average snow line needed to bring the ice sheet back into balance.

Their findings suggest that in the best case scenario, a minimum of 3.3 per cent of the Ice Sheet will be lost, equal to 110 million tonnes of ice, or a sea level rise of 10 inches (27cm).

The researchers only looked at the Greenland Ice Sheet, and did not consider sea level rise as a result of melting in Antarctica.