Jordan MendozaWed, November 3, 2021, 8:56 AM·3 min read

https://money.yahoo.com/greenlands-ice-sheet-melting-fast-100113232.html

Greenland’s ice sheet, the biggest ice sheet in the world behind Antarctica, has melted so much in the past decade that global sea levels rose by 1 centimeter, and trends predict sea levels can rise nearly a foot higher by the end of the century.

Research published in thejournal Nature Communicationson Monday says 3.5 trillion tons of Greenland’s ice sheet melted from 2011 to 2020, which would be enough to flood all of New York City in 14,700 feet of water.

The ice sheet covers more than 656,000 square miles, and if it were to fully melt…