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Land ice

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a field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe.

See also: Land



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2 inches) by 2100, but this was from thermal expansion -- water expands when it warms -- and did not factor in runoff from melting land ice.
Thermal expansion and the melting of land ice, such as the Greenland ice sheet, are expected to cause the global sea-level rise.
18 Water World Satellite data indicate that more than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Alaska, and Antarctica have melted since 2003, in what scientists say is a clear sign of global warming.
 
 
 
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