[HIGHLIGHTS] Climate crisis: 1.6 percent of Greenland has already melted

1.6 percent of Greenland's total ice and glacier area has already melted. Greenland is around 2.1 million square kilometers in size, making it the largest island in the world.

In the last 20 years alone, sea level has risen by an average of 1.2 centimeters worldwide due to thawing ice in Greenland. The expansion of vegetation indicates that the permafrost isThawing, the researchers write in the study. "In addition, the loss of ice mass in Greenland contributes significantly to global sea level rise"