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Compared with the amount of ice that existed during the last glacial maximum, how much exists today?

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Answer: about 5.8 million square miles

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Presently, 10 percent of land area on Earth is covered with glacial ice, including glaciers, ice caps, and the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Glacierized areas cover over 15 million square kilometers (5.8 million square miles). Glaciers store about 69 percent of the world's fresh water.

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