Sea Level Rise
Will rising seas put London under water?Guardian Unlimited | 14 Mar 2011In its 2007 report, the IPCC projects that sea level will rise anywhere from 180mm to 590mm by 2090-2100. This range is smaller than in the IPCC's 2001 report, but it excludes some key uncertainties about how quickly warming will melt land-based ice. The last few years have seen glaciers accelerating their seaward flow in many spots along the margins of Greenland and West Antarctica.
England | Climate Change | Science and Environment | Sea Level Rise Sea levels may rise by as much as one meter before the end of this centuryScienceDaily.com | 14 Jun 2010Sea levels may rise by as much as one meter before the end of this century, according to new predictions. Melting glaciers may contribute more to the rise in sea levels than scientists have previously realized. "Melting glaciers and the melting ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic will account for 75% of the rise in sea levels, while expansion of the water as it warms will account for 25 %," said Director Jan-Gunnar Winther of the Norwegian Polar Institute
Ice Cap and Glacial Melting | Sea Level Rise Greenland Ice Cap Melting Faster Than EverScienceDaily.com | 13 Nov 2009Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is losing mass at an accelerating rate, according to a new study. This mass loss is equally distributed between increased iceberg production, driven by acceleration of Greenland's fast-flowing outlet glaciers, and increased meltwater production at the ice sheet surface.
Climate Change Melting Of The Greenland Ice Sheet MappedScienceDaily.com | 17 Sep 2009Will all of the ice on Greenland melt and flow out into the sea, bringing about a colossal rise in ocean levels on Earth, as the global temperature rises? The key concern is how stable the ice cap actually is, and new Danish research fcan now show the evolution of the ice sheet 11,700 years back in time.
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