Global warming accelerates Greenland ice sheet melting

Scientists estimate that Greenland ice sheet is disappearing at about 100 to 150 cubic km per year. If the ice cap, some 2.6 cubic km (accounting for a 10th of the fresh water in the world), melted entirely, oceans would rise by 7 meters, flooding New York and London, and drowning whole island nations like the Maldives. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Scientists estimate that Greenland ice sheet is disappearing at about 100 to 150 cubic km per year. If the ice cap, some 2.6 cubic km (accounting for a 10th of the fresh water in the world), melted entirely, oceans would rise by 7 meters, flooding New York and London, and drowning whole island nations like the Maldives.