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Are you familiar with the phrase "tipping point"? The time to take action isn't after the ice cap has lost a freaking third of its mass - the time to take action is BEFORE it goes to that tipping point! Greenland's ice cap is melting 30% faster than it was in the early 1970's...and even though that only cost less than one percent of the total mass of the ice cap, the PROBLEM is that the rate of melt increased and is continuing to increase...and once it reaches a certain point, it's simply too late. Nothing more can be done to stop it.
What's more, your reference is concerning the 20th century...whereas the hottest years have been since about 1997 or so...which means that your reference is conveniently choosing to ignore the hottest years, almost all of which have come since the turn of the century.
20th century figures are those cited by the alarmists. When 21st century data is provided we'll take that up. Meanwhile, I doubt a 0.03% loss approaches a tipping point.