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== Card #19: Melting Ice Sheets == | |||
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Greenland and Antarctica are ice sheets (or continental glaciers). If they were to completely melt, they will cause the sea level to rise by 7 | |||
metres for Greenland and 54 metres for Antarctica. During the last ice age, ice sheets were so much larger that the sea level was 120 metres lower than today. | |||
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== Explanation== | == Explanation== | ||
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* [[En-en_adult_card_14_energy_budget|Energy Budget]] | * [[En-en_adult_card_14_energy_budget|Energy Budget]] | ||
=== Consequences === | === Consequences === | ||
*[[En-en_adult_card_22_sea_level_rise|Sea | *[[En-en_adult_card_22_sea_level_rise|Rising Sea Levels]] | ||
*[[En- | *[[En-en_adult_card_42_thermohaline_circulation|Thermohaline Circulation]] | ||
== To go further == | == To go further == |