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The Greenland ice sheet contains about 3 million cubic kilometers of ice. If completely​ melted, this ice would release about million cubic kilometers of​ water, which would spread out over​ Earth's approximate million square kilometers of ocean surface. How much would the sea level​ rise?

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The Greenland ice sheet contains about 3 million cubic kilometers of ice. If completely​ melted, this ice would release about 2.2 million cubic kilometers of​ water, which would spread out over​ Earth's approximate 343 million square kilometers of ocean surface. How much would the sea level​ rise?

Answer:

6.4139941 m

Explanation:

Given that:

Volume of water that will be released if ice sheet was melted = 2.2million km³

Area of ocean surface = 343 million km²

Rise in sea level :

Volume of water realeased / Area of ocean surface

2.2 * 10^6 / 343 * 10^6

0.0064139 * 10^(6-6)

0.0064139 * 10^0

0.0064139 * 1

= 0.0064139 km

(0.0064139 * 1000)m = 6.4139941 m

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