Two degree rise could spark Greenland ice sheet meltdown: WWF

November 27th, 2008 in Space & Earth / Environment
The meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet could result in sea levels rising by up to seven metres

Graphic on a WWF study on the meltdown of Arctic ice. The WWF has warned that a less than two degree Celsius rise in global temperatures might be sufficient to spark a meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic sea ice.

A less than two degree Celsius rise in global temperatures might be sufficient to spark a meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic sea ice, the WWF warned in a new study released Thursday.

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