Sentences with phrase «potential effect on sea levels»

The melting characteristics of such a huge ice sheet — spanning 656,000 square miles (1.7 million square kilometers)-- is important for various reasons, particularly its potential effect on sea levels.

Not exact matches

Polar amplication is of global concern due to the potential effects of future warming on ice sheet stability and, therefore, global sea level (see Sections 5.6.1, 5.8.1 and Chapter 13) and carbon cycle feedbacks such as those linked with permafrost melting (see Chapter 6)... The magnitude of polar amplification depends on the relative strength and duration of different climate feedbacks, which determine the transient and equilibrium response to external forcings.

When four Florida middle school students learn about the potential effect of sea level rise on Miami's economy, they conduct a school energy audit with the help of non-profit, Dream in Green.

In the 80s I was teaching earth science, meteorology, and ocean oceanography, so I was very aware of the effect greenhouse gasses on our atmosphere, the potential temperature increase and sea - level rise.

My impression from looking at the conference material is that it was indeed more or less what you would expect four years on from the 2001 IPCC report, with two very large exceptions: The potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (= 5 meter sea level rise) and ocean acidification (= partial ocean ecosystem collapse with a subsequent cascade of potential side effects that practically defy description).