Sentences with phrase «contributed to a sea level rise of»

It also causes the water itself to expand — so - called thermal expansion — contributing to a sea level rise of 0.17 meter (nearly seven inches) in the 20th century.

This melts the ice shelf from below24, and this melting is probably the cause of the observed ice stream thinning, acceleration and grounding line recession25, which is contributing to a sea level rise of 1.2 mm per decade3.

Not exact matches

If one part of an ice shelf starts to thin, it can trigger rapid ice losses in other regions as much as 900 kilometres away — contributing to sea level rise

According to the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), an NSF Science and Technology Center led by the University of Kansas, the melt from Greenland's ice sheet contributes to global sea level rise at a rate of 0.52 millimeters annually.

Over the past 20 years, Greenland melt contributed about 16 percent of the global total of sea - level rise annually, according to the study.

The WAIS is of great interest to researchers as two of its largest glaciers, Thwaites and Pine Island, are draining into the sea and contributing to sea - level rise.

Global warming could seriously mess with fisheries in a few ways: Carbon dioxide in the air contributes to ocean acidification, sea level rise could change the dynamics of fisheries, and cold water fish like salmon could be pushed out by warming streams.

This warming is expected to contribute to rising sea levels and the melting of glaciers and permafrost, as well as other climate - related effects.

Understanding how mountain glaciers are responding to climate change is important because they provide fresh water to many heavily - populated areas of the globe and can contribute to sea level rise, Winski said.

The gathering will draw approximately 400 representatives from other Arctic nations and interested foreign observers, and will give Obama a platform to highlight how changes in the Arctic will affect the rest of the world by accelerating warming, contributing to sea - level rise and changing precipitation patterns at lower altitudes.

This stress can contribute to accelerated loss of marsh area through erosion in a region where marshes are already rapidly disappearing, due to high relative sea level rise.

If there's anything more complicated than the global forces of thermal expansion, ice sheet melt and ocean circulation that contribute to worldwide sea - level rise, it might be the forces of real estate speculation and the race - based historical housing patterns that color present - day gentrification in Miami.

The position of the grounding line can tell scientists a lot about the stability of any given glacier and its potential to contribute to sea - level rise.

If all of Greenland's ice were to melt, global sea levels would rise about six meters; if all of Antarctica went, it would contribute about 60 meters.

In the last few decades, glaciers at the edge of the icy continent of Antarctica have been thinning, and research has shown the rate of thinning has accelerated and contributed significantly to sea level rise.

Melting of ice shelves does not directly contribute to sea - level rise, but instead they hold back water frozen in the larger ice sheet that will cause sea levels to rise.

At a global scale, the increased melting of the ice sheet contributes to rising sea level and may impact global ocean circulation patterns through the so - called «thermohaline circulation'that sustains among others, the Gulf Stream, which keeps Europe warm.

The melting of floating ice shelves does not contribute to sea level rise because once they are in the water, the ice shelves have already contributed to sea level rise.

The finding, detailed in the Jan. 22 issue of the journal Nature, suggests that this process could be important to more accurately modeling how Greenland will respond to climate change and contribute to the already 8 inches of global sea level rise since 1900.

The energy has contributed to a global sea - level rise of 3.2 millimeters every year since 1993.

GRACE showed that the melting polar ice sheets are contributing more to sea level rise than the demise of mountain glaciers.

He says previous predictive models of Greenland's ice loss did not adequately take into account the faster movement of its southern glaciers, which is accelerating the amount of ice entering the ocean: «Greenland is probably going to contribute more to sea level rise, and faster than predicted by these models.»

Scientists closely monitor the size and movement of ice shelves because when they break up, they indirectly contribute to sea level rise through their impact on land ice.

The melting of glacial ice contributes to sea - level rise, which threatens to «displace millions of people within the lifetime of many of today's children,» Moon writes.

The reduction in the ice mass has contributed to global average sea - level rise of 25 millimeters.

Both of these processes contribute about the same amount to sea - level rise from Greenland.

«Our primary question is how the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica will contribute to sea level rise in the future, particularly following our observations of massive changes in the area over the last two decades,» said UCI's Bernd Scheuchl, lead author on the first of the two studies, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in AuguSea sector of West Antarctica will contribute to sea level rise in the future, particularly following our observations of massive changes in the area over the last two decades,» said UCI's Bernd Scheuchl, lead author on the first of the two studies, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in Augusea level rise in the future, particularly following our observations of massive changes in the area over the last two decades,» said UCI's Bernd Scheuchl, lead author on the first of the two studies, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in August.

The area studied two of the continent's largest glaciers, Thwaites and Pine Island, which drain into the sea and contribute to rising sea levels.

All told, say climate modelers, the water they release could contribute about a foot's worth of the 3 to 6 feet of sea level rise projected

Melting glaciers have a ranging set of effects on the environment and ecosystems, from contributing to sea level rise, desalination of oceans and other less tangible effects on the world's jet streams as well as the ability to reflect sunlight.

The estimates of ice loss also helped them calculate the amount of sea level rise contributed by the ice sheet prior to 1990 — a number missing from the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report because of the lack of direct observations.

Reinhard was awarded for his work in investigating how the potential disintegration of Antarctic floating ice shelves could contribute to increased ice flow from inland glaciers, and a resulting rise in global sea levels.

A better understanding of these processes could in turn lead to more accurate projections of how Greenland might continue to change in the future, as well as how much sea level rise it might contribute.

Indeed, within the Baltic Sea, the multitude of small Alaskan Glaciers actually now contributes more to local sea - level rise than the massive Greenland ice sheSea, the multitude of small Alaskan Glaciers actually now contributes more to local sea - level rise than the massive Greenland ice shesea - level rise than the massive Greenland ice sheet.

But for Helsinki, which lies beyond the gravitational weakening enjoyed by Reykjavik, the 8,400 tonnes of ice now leaving Greenland every second of every year contribute to net local sea - level rise.

Drews was awarded for his work in investigating how the potential disintegration of Antarctic floating ice shelves could contribute to increased ice flow from inland glaciers, and a resulting rise in global sea levels [5].

«As a result of the acceleration of outlet glaciers over large regions, the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are already contributing more and faster to sea level rise than anticipated,» he observed.

GRACE - FO and ICESat - 2 will use radically different techniques to observe how the massive ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are changing over time and how much they are contributing to sea level rise.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

All told, say climate modelers, the water they release could contribute about a foot's worth of the 3 to 6 feet of sea level rise projected by 2100.

A collapse of Pine Island Glacier could occur within 1000 - 2000 years, raising sea levels by up to 1.5 m, but it is unlikely to contribute to more than 2.7 cm of sea level rise over the next 100 years.

Rising Seas: Warmer ocean water temperatures, the pumping of ground water, and melting of the polar ice sheets have added water to the oceans, contributing to sea level rise.

This rising sea level may be contributing to coastal erosion that is occurring in so many areas of the world today, including Ambergris Caye.

It seems likely that the «small» ice masses of the Arctic archipelagos will, over the next 90 years, contribute more to sea level rise than Greenland.

Regular followers of RealClimate will be aware of our publication in 2009 in Nature, showing that West Antarctica — the part of the Antarctic ice sheet that is currently contributing the most to sea level rise, and which has the potential to become unstable and contribute a lot more (3 meters!)

Glaciers and ice caps contributed 28 % of total sea level rise compared to 14 % combined for Greenland and Antarctica for 1993 - 2003, using IPCC 4th assessment numbers, or GIC 33 % / Greenland and Antarctica 20 % for 2006 using Meier et al (Science 2007) numbers.

The conclusion that the Greenland ice sheet melting was significantly enhanced by the increased N. Hemispheric insolation during the Eemian affects projections of future (near term) sea level rise insofar as Greenland melt contributed to the Eemian sea level rise.

Is it too much of a stretch to assume that sea levels will rise faster than currently predicted, largely because many of the factors that contribute to sea levels rising are occurring at faster - than - predicted, and possibly accelerating, rate?

of it is supported above the water and it's melting will indeed contribute to sea level rise.

Land - based ice in glaciers and ice - sheets will keep contributing to sea level rise as long as melting exceeds snowfall accumulation; stopping the growth of temperature would not stop the net melting.