Glaciology — Martin Siegert / Serious Science

Glaciologist Martin Siegert on the ice sheets in Greenland and in Antarctica, the Larsen Ice Shelf and how the glaciers melt.

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'If the Greenland ice sheet melted, all that water that was in the ice would be in the sea, and the sea level will be seven metres higher than it is now all around the world. If the Antarctic Ice Sheet was to melt, then sea level will be over 60 metres higher all around the world.'

Martin Siegert, PhD in Glaciology, Imperial College London, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change

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