Experts warn that sea levels could rise by seven metres and cause mass destruction if the ice sheet was to melt
The Greenland ice sheet – the world’s second largest body of ice – is cracking open quicker than previously, a new study has warned.
Study lead author Dr Tom Chudley, of Durham University’s Geography Department, said: “In a warming world, we would expect to see more crevasses forming. This is because glaciers are accelerating in response to warmer ocean temperatures, and because meltwater filling crevasses can force fractures deeper into the ice.
Countless studies have linked warming ocean temperatures to human-cased global warming. According to NASA, 90 per cent of global warming is occurring in the ocean, with research pointing at human activities being responsible for about 70 per cent of rising sea levels since 1970.
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