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Satellite and GPS Measurements Show Ice Loss from Greenland Ice Sheet Spreading to Northwest Coast

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meters (21 feet) of global sea rise. A 2006 study by Wahr and Velicogna using the GRACE satellite indicated that Greenland lost roughly 684 cubic kilometers (164 cubic miles) of ice from April 2004 to April 2006—more than the volume of water in Lake Erie. inches) of global sea-level rise per year. millimeters (0.02

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