Sentences with phrase «non-linear ice sheet disintegration»

Sea level on a given date is inherently difficult to predict, as it depends on how rapidly non-linear ice sheet disintegration begins.

Key finding is non-linear ice sheet disintegration is happening now.

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The potential for unstable ice sheet disintegration is controversial, with opinion varying from likely stability of even the (marine) West Antarctic ice sheet [94] to likely rapid non-linear response extending up to multi-meter sea level rise [97]--[98].

I brought up some issues in climate science, like the possible disintegration of the Greenland ice sheet, and how it wasn't included in a calculation of sea rise in the IPCC assessment, since it wasn't quantifiable in terms of timing, since it is a non-linear type thing.

Thus, become vulnerable to non-linear disintegration, which means a rapid succession of land based ice sheets flushing into the ocean.

The potential for unstable ice sheet disintegration is controversial, with opinion varying from likely stability of even the (marine) West Antarctic ice sheet [94] to likely rapid non-linear response extending up to multi-meter sea level rise [97]--[98].

We argue that ice sheets in contact with the ocean are vulnerable to non-linear disintegration in response to ocean warming, and we posit that ice sheet mass loss can be approximated by a doubling time up to sea level rise of at least several meters.

The study argues that ice sheets in contact with the ocean, including the many West Antarctic glaciers that end in floating ice shelves, «are vulnerable to non-linear disintegration» due to a combination of atmospheric warming and major shifts in ocean circulation that would result from a surge in freshwater flowing into the ocean in the North Atlantic (from Greenland), and Southern Ocean (from Antarctica).