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The NOAA Arctic Report Card assesses glacier contributions to sea level rise from Arctic regions, indicating significant climate impacts.
The Arctic contains 60% of the world’s mountain glaciers and ice caps by area, excluding the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (RGI Consortium 2023) (Fig. 1). While Arctic glaciers and ice caps’ potential longterm sea level contribution is smaller than that of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, they are more responsive to climate variability and have been a leading contributor to recent sea level rise due to persistent atmospheric warming (The GlaMBIE Team 2025; Hugonnet et al. 2021; Wouters et al. 2019; Box et al. 2019).
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