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News Release 06-050
Arctic, Antarctic Melting May Raise Sea Levels Faster than Expected
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![Computers say the last melting of Greenland's Ice sheet occured under conditions like today's.](/news/mmg/media/images/melting1_f.gif)
This graphic shows the height of the Greenland ice sheet at present (left) and during the last interglacial (about 130,000 years ago), as simulated by the NCAR-based Community Climate System Model coupled with an ice-sheet model.
Credit: Bette Otto-Bliesner, National Center for Atmospheric Research
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![Arctic ice sheets on Ellesmere Island, located north of Greenland, could melt faster than expected.](/news/mmg/media/images/melting2_f.jpg)
Computer models predict ice sheets like this one on Ellesmere Island, located north of Greenland, could melt faster than expected.
Credit: Shawn Marshall
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