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ice floes floating on the water with mountains in the background

The polar ice caps and the Greenland ice sheet are melting six times faster than they were in the 1990s. The high melt rate corresponds to the “worst case scenario” model for global warming set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and means that without sweeping curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, the planet will see a 17-centimetre rise in sea level in just 80 years, putting about 400 million people at risk of annual coastal flooding.

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an aerial view of ice and water in the arctic

Uummannaq, Greenland - winter 2022: beautiful Arctic polar light colours the icy blue frozen ocean, fragile sea ice sheet & glacier iceberg landscapes: reminders that this region already experiences 2-4x the effects of climate change as global warming impacts this vulnerable, melting environment.

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