Even the most remote regions of the world aren't escaping the ravages of the warming climate, but what happens in Greenland isn't staying in Greenland. Ice melt taking place as a result of warming temperatures over the island's ice sheet has become a "major" contributor to rising sea levels, a group of scientists reported in a study published Wednesday in the Springer Nature Portfolio journal. Greenland's ice sheet plays an important role in the global climate system, storing a huge amount of water, Maria Hörhold, a study author and glaciologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany said. If unmitigated carbon emissions continue, she said the ice sheet is projected to contribute up to 19 inches of global mean sea level rise by 2100. Visit the link in bio for more information.