Sentences with phrase «ice sheet mass contributed»
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The melting of Greenland contributes to the global sea level, but the loss of mass also means that the ice sheet's own gravitational field weakens and thus does not attract the surrounding sea as strongly.
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Satellite and direct measurements now demonstrate that both the Greenland and Antarctic ice - sheets are losing mass and contributing to sea level rise at an increasing rate.
Our experiments show a clear threshold in the relationship between the rate of sea - level rise, and the rate of (sea - level contributing) ice - sheet mass loss.
She has conducted extensive research on the two largest masses of ice on Earth — the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets — with the goal of understanding how these entities are shrinking and contributing to sea level rise as the planet's climate warms.
Satellite and direct measurements now demonstrate that both the Greenland and Antarctic ice - sheets are losing mass and contributing to sea level rise at an increasing rate.
These measurements, Mann said, suggest the Antarctic ice sheet is already losing mass and contributing to sea level rise.
High confidence that glacier mass loss in Alaska and British Columbia is high, contributing 20 % to 30 % as much to sea level rise as does shrinkage of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Great progress has been made recently in assessing the current rate of mass loss from the ice sheets (Shepherd et al., 2012), as well as monitoring the changing snowfall, surface melting, and temperature contributing to the changes.
Satellite and direct measurements now demonstrate that both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass and contributing to sea level rise at an increasing rate.
«Ice sheets now appear to be contributing modestly to sea level rise because warming has increased mass loss from coastal areas more than warming has increased mass gain from enhanced snowfall in cold central regions,» the report by a team led by Professor Richard Alley of Pennsylvania State University in the US says.
According to the report, «Contraction of the Greenland ice sheet is projected to continue to contribute to sea level rise after 2100,» and» [i] f a negative surface mass balance were sustained for millennia, that would lead to virtually complete elimination of the Greenland ice sheet and a resulting contribution to sea level rise of about 7 m,» which is equivalent to approximately 23 feet.
Arch — The findings, which researchers said do not change the fact that the ice sheet is losing mass overall and contributing to sea level rise, were published in the journal Science.