The largest ice sheet in the planet is more susceptible to global warming than previously believed, according to scientists.
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A massive ice sheet covers the eastern two thirds of Antarctica; if it were to melt, the sea level would increase by 52 metres
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This ice sheet was originally assumed to be relatively immune to the effects of climate change by scientists
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Nearly 70% of the fresh water on Earth is permanently frozen in the massive continental ice sheets that cover Greenland and Antarctica
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Together, they can withstand an increase in sea level of almost 65 metres
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One billion people, including 230 million within one metre, are thought to reside within ten metres of the sea
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primarily by snowfall, mass production, melting snow and ice, and icebergs that break off and drift away
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The ice sheet's "mass balance," or the difference between inflow and production, is extremely vulnerable to climate change
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Between 1992 and 2018, the Greenland Ice Sheet, which contributes to a sea level increase of almost 7.4 metres, lost 3,900 billion tonnes of ice
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Antarctic West Ice Sheet Between 1992 and 2017, it lost more than 2,000 billion tonnes of ice, holding sea levels at about 5.3 metres
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