Ice Reservoir
Area
(10
6
km
2
)
Volume
(10
6
km
3
)
Sea Level Equivalent
(m)
Antarctic ice sheet
12.1
29
73
Greenland ice sheet
1.71
2.95
7.4
Glaciers and ice caps
0.64
0.1 ± 0.02
0.3 ± 0.05
Table 2:
Projected global sea level rise due to melting of ice caps and ice sheets.(IPCC 1995).
