Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Greenland Ice Sheet

Question: The Greenland Ice Sheet lost almost 600 billion tons of ice last year.  How much sea-level rise did that cause?

Answer (along with calculations): Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

Relevance:  Though it’s not huge, it’s not insignificant either.  If the Greenland Ice Sheet melts completely, it would cause a 24-foot rise in the Earth’s oceans, which will make the current globe unrecognizable.

 

 

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