Page "Geography of Greenland" Paragraph 28

There is concern about sea level rise caused by ice loss ( melt and glaciers falling into the sea ) on Greenland.

Between 1997 and 2003 ice loss was, compared to about for 1993 / 4-1998 / 9.

Half of the increase was from higher summer melting, with the rest caused by velocities of some glaciers exceeding those needed to balance upstream snow accumulation ( Krabill et al., L24402, GRL 2004 ).

A complete loss of ice on Greenland would cause a sea level rise of as much as.