‘Zombie ice’ from Greenland will raise sea level by 10in, study suggests

A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs in eastern Greenland in 2019 (Felipe Dana/AP)

Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise the global sea level by at least 10in (27 centimetres) on its own, according to a study.

Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by those larger glaciers.