Scientists say the loss of ice in Greenland last year was “unprecedented”, breaking the previous record by 15%

Experts say ongoing emissions of carbon are pushing Greenland into an era of more extreme melting

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Over the past 30 years, Greenland's contribution to global sea levels has grown significantly as ice losses increase

A major international report concludes it is losing ice seven times faster than it was during the 1990s

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According to a calculation by climate scientists the 2019 losses would be enough to cover the entire UK with around 2.5 metres of melt water

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While 2019 broke the record, both 2018 and 2017 saw decreased ice losses, lower than any other two-year period since 2003

But, five of the years with the biggest mass loss have now occurred in the past decade

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"We need to prepare for an extra 10cm or so of global sea level rise by 2100 from Greenland"

Leeds University's Prof Andy Shepherd says scientists need “a new worst-case climate warming scenario, because Greenland is already tracking the current one"

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Using data from the Grace and Grace-FO satellites, as well as climate models, scientists suggest that during 2019, Greenland lost 532 gigatonnes of ice

Researchers say this loss is the equivalent of adding 1.5mm to global mean sea levels

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Read the full report into the "extreme" ice loss in Greenland: http://bbc.in/3l6w6sM