Sentences with phrase «discharge contribution to sea level rise»
Unfortunately quantifying the groundwater discharge contribution to sea level rise is extremely difficult, suffering from a low signal to noise problem.
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By Jim Steele A better accounting of natural groundwater discharge is needed to constrain the range of contributions to sea level rise.
A better accounting of natural groundwater discharge is needed to constrain the range of contributions to sea level rise.
And, although freshwater discharge from deep aquifers may be locally insignificant relative to river runoff, deep aquifer discharge when integrated across the globe could account for the missing contribution to the sea level rise budgets.
«Given the large variability in discharge and SMB observed within the past decade and the potential for unaccounted positive feedback within the ice - climate system, however, the contribution of GrIS discharge to future sea level rise remains highly uncertain.»