How Fast Are the Ice Sheets Melting?
- 24 November 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 314 (5803) , 1250-1252
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1133325
Abstract
Remote-sensing data suggest that ice sheets currently contribute little to sea-level rise. However, dynamical instabilities in response to climate warming may cause faster ice-mass loss.Keywords
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