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Historical view of the West Greenland Ice Sheet at the end of the 19th century. The West Greenland Ice Sheet melted at a dramatically higher rate over the last twenty years than at any other time. Climate models project that local warming in Greenland will be 3 °C (5 °F) to 9 °C (16 °F) during this century. Ice sheet models project that such a warming would initiate the long-term melting of the ice sheet, leading to a complete melting of the ice sheet (over centuries), resulting in a global sea level rise of about 7 metres (23 ft). Such a rise would inundate almost every major coastal city in the world. Wood engraving, published in 1897.