A key question has long been whether ice sheet contribution could accelerate substantially, by an order of magnitude, either in this century or subsequently. (climatestate.com)
@ 1 Paul S. Most assessments of ice sheet contribution to sea level rise indicate an acceleration over the past decade, whereas altimeter - measured SLR has not been faster over the most recent decade There was a paper published within the last couple of years by some of this sites contributors that suggested part of the disparity may be due to an increase in land based water. (realclimate.org)
The findings «lend support to our confidence in recent estimates of sea level rise and the increasing ice sheet contribution,» said (washingtonpost.com)