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## Ice Loss
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#### Ice loss is occuring rapidly on both poles
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* [European Environmental Agency 16](https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/greenland-ice-sheet-3/assessment)
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* **Greenland Ice Loss** from 1992 to 2015 was **3,600 Gigatonnes** (3,500,000,000,000,000 Kilograms)
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* Contributed to global **sea level rise** by approximately **10 mm**;
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* **Antarctica loss** is **1,500 Gigatonnes** (1,500,000,000,000,000 Kilograms)
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* Corresponds to approximately a **5 mm** global sea level rise since 1992.
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* Model projections suggest **further declines** of the polar ice sheets in the future, but the uncertainties are large.
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* The melting of the polar ice sheets is estimated to contribute up to **50 cm** of global sea level rise during the 21st century.
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