Sea level

If all remaining Swiss glacier ice melted, about 43 km³ of ice, the oceans would rise by roughly 0.1 mm. (43 km³ of ice is about 38 km³ of water, spread over 361 million km² of ocean.)

But mountain glaciers everywhere are melting. They are responsible for around a quarter of today’s sea-level rise, and the oceans could rise by 0.5 to 1 m by 2100 depending on emissions. Switzerland is landlocked; many of the people affected are not.