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Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread by Hannah Bird , Phys.org West Greenland Ice Sheet total ice discharge and surface melting for April 2022 to April 2023. Credit: Ing et

Greenland after 100,000 years of convergence temperatures of 0°C to 6.5°C. With no warming (top left) things stay as they are. With extreme climate change (bottom right) ice remains only on a few isolated mountains. Credit: Nature (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06503-9 It’s hard to overstate how crucial Greenland, and its kilometers-thick ice layer, is to climate