Rethinking Ice Sheet Time Scales
- 16 March 2007
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 315 (5818) , 1508-1510
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1140469
Abstract
Satellite data show that ice sheets can change much faster than commonly appreciated, with potentially worrying implications for their stability.Keywords
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