PARIS: Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record.
Here are some key points about the planet’s ice as human-induced global warming accelerates:
Where is the Earth’s ice?
Nearly all of the planet’s land ice — about 99 percent — is stored in the polar ice sheets, mainly in Antarctica and the Arctic, especially Greenland, glaciologist Christian Vincent said. The rest is largely found in mountain glaciers around the world.
If all the ice in Antarctica were to melt, global sea levels would rise by about 58 metre
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