The Greenland Ice Sheet and Global Sea-Level Rise
- 17 February 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 311 (5763) , 963-964
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1124190
Abstract
The flow of several large glaciers draining the Greenland Ice Sheet is accelerating. This change, combined with increased melting, suggests that existing estimates of future sea-level rise are too low.Keywords
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