Sentences with phrase «ice sheet collapse potentially»
Joughin, I., B. Smith, B. Medley, Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Under Way for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica, Science 16 May 2014: Vol.
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Joughin, I., Smith, B. E. & Medley, B. Marine ice sheet collapse potentially under way for the Thwaites Glacier basin, West Antarctica.
Joughin, I., B. E. Smith, and B. Medley (2014), Marine ice sheet collapse potentially under way for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica, Science, 344 (6185), 735 — 738.
Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Underway for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica
Take the Science paper: «Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Under Way for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica.»
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«We know that there could potentially be catastrophic collapse of the ice sheets — we know it has happened in the past — but we don't know how likely it is to happen over our time scale.
The USGS, in one estimate, has stated that a total collapse of both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could potentially raise eustatic sea - level 260 feet.
West Antarctica has warmed much more than scientists had thought over the last half century, new research suggests, an ominous finding given that the huge ice sheet there may be vulnerable to long - term collapse, with potentially drastic effects on sea levels.
If currents carried the warm water beneath this ice, it potentially could trigger the collapse of an ice sheet that scientists estimate holds enough water to raise the sea level five meters.