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Much of Greenland's ice could melt even if world doesn't get warmer

Even if the planet doesn't get any warmer than it is now, melting ice in Greenland could add at least 1.5 metres to the global average sea level and possibly as much as 5 metres

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'Doomsday' glacier in Antarctica isn't as vulnerable as feared

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Antarctic ice melt may be reversible due to rising land beneath

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Oosterschelde flood barrier with windmills in the Netherlands at the Northern Sea taken from above with a drone

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Coastal cities have added 2500 squares kilometres of land since 2000

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Hulhumale, a new island in the Maldives

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Artificial urban islands could supply homes in Maldives as waters rise

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Satellite photo of the B22a iceberg after coming unstuck

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Breakaway iceberg raises concerns over Antarctica’s 'doomsday glacier'

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People walk in a flooded St Mark's Square

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Venice may get a temporary respite from rising seas by 2035

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Rapidly thinning Northeast Greenland ice sheet could add more to sea-level rise than thought

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Melting Greenland ice raises sea level more than previously thought

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Satellite image of Jakobshavn glacier,

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Engineering firms explore plan to slow melting of Greenland glacier

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Most big coastal cities have areas sinking faster than sea level rise

44 of the 48 most populous coastal cities have areas sinking faster than the sea is rising, driven by groundwater pumping and compacted soil from heavy buildings

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Feedback loop in Greenland amplified ice melt from warm weather

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Collapse of doomsday glacier in Antarctica could begin within a decade

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6 charts that show what climate change is doing to our planet

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Hitting Paris climate goal could cut sea level rise in half by 2100

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