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Greenland - Glaciers

Greenland - Glaciers

Presently, 10% of land area (15,000,000 square kilometers) is covered with glaciers.

Glaciers store about 75% of the world's freshwater.

During the last Ice Age, glaciers covered 32% of the total land area.

If all land ice melted, sea level would rise approximately 70 meters worldwide.

Glacier ice crystals can grow to be as large as baseballs.


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