Melting glaciers will dominate sea-level rise
Ice melt from small glaciers and ice caps will be the dominant cause of sea-level rise this century, according to new research. The findings are surprising as glaciers and ice caps - smaller ice sheets generally covering a mountainous area - contain just 1 percent of the water found in ice sheets. Yet despite their relatively small size, glaciers contain enough water to raise sea levels by nearly a metre if they were to melt away entirely.