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Although most of the world’s ice is found in Greenland and Antarctica, small glaciers elsewhere contain enough ice to raise sea level approximately half a meter. Because most of the mass of these glaciers is on snow-capped mountains, for our purposes, the terms “mountain glacier, ” “alpine glacier,...

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Main Author: Small Glaciers
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.391.7039
http://papers.risingsea.net/federal_reports/probability-chapter_6.pdf
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Summary:Although most of the world’s ice is found in Greenland and Antarctica, small glaciers elsewhere contain enough ice to raise sea level approximately half a meter. Because most of the mass of these glaciers is on snow-capped mountains, for our purposes, the terms “mountain glacier, ” “alpine glacier, ” and “small glacier ” are often used interchangeably. 3.5 3