Climate Central: Greenland is the 800-pound gorilla of sea-level rise. The world's biggest island holds 680,000 cubic miles of ice, and if it all melted, the oceans would rise by more than 20 feet. That's not going to happen any time soon, even with global warming. But some of the ice is melting and some is also sliding into the sea -- and that could still add up to significantly higher seas by the end of the century, bringing all sorts of nasty problems. The big question facing scientists is: how much higher will...
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