Sentences with phrase «direct contribution to sea level rise»

Inland ice and meltwater that flows seaward past the grounding line make a direct contribution to sea level rise.

However, because they are partly submerged, their direct contribution to sea level rise is much smaller than the contribution made by the melting of an equivalent volume of (land - based) ice sheets.

With glaciers thinning, accelerating and receding in response to ice shelf collapse [20, 21], more ice is directly transported into the oceans, making a direct contribution to sea level rise.