Publication Date:
2014-03-27
Description:
The Greenland ice sheet is a large contributor to sea-level rise primarily because of the increased speed of its glaciers in the southeast and northwest. This study looks at a previously stable ice stream in northeast Greenland, and finds that it is thinning due to regional warming. This region drains 16% of the ice sheet but has not figured in model projections of sea-level rise, indicating an under-estimation of Greenland contributions. Nature Climate Change 4 292 doi: 10.1038/nclimate2161
Print ISSN:
1758-678X
Electronic ISSN:
1758-6798
Topics:
Geosciences
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