Greenland Ice Sheet (Q651)

Subject, term, tag: Greenland Ice Sheet

Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS)

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Greenland Ice Sheet	Subject, term, tag: Greenland Ice Sheet	Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS)

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

1 reference

Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group I: Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis

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Definition

There are only two ice sheets in the modern world, one on Greenland and one on Antarctica. The latter is divided into the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) and the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet. During glacial periods, there were other ice sheets. (English)