Glaciers and Sea Level Rise

Summit camp on top of the Austfonna Ice Cap in Svalbard (Norwegian Arctic).

To learn about the contributions of glaciers to sea level rise, visit:
www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/glacier-sea-rise.html

Credit: Thorben Dunse, University of Oslo

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