Ice is melting faster than expected in Greenland, according to a study Memorial University is involved in.
A group from Memorial University has joined a team of 50 scientists in international organizations to look at the loss of ice in Greenland.
The data in the study uses 11 different satellites. In 2013 the group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted global sea levels would rise by 60 centimetres, putting 360-million people at risk of annual coastal flooding.
The new data says it will go up another seven centimetres.
Graduate student, Benoit Lecavalier, says his role in the project was to run computer simulations of the ice sheets and predict the changes that could take place.
"Greenland ice melt will cause 100 million people to be flooded each year by the end of the century, so 400 million in total. These are not unlikely events or small impacts; they are happening and will be devastating for #CoastalCommunities.” @MUN_Science https://t.co/brX28MPa0u
— Memorial University (@MemorialU) December 11, 2019