Sentences with phrase «sea level acceleration results»
«Because of the presence of low - frequency variations (e.g., multi-decadal variations seen in some tidal gauge records; Chambers et al. (2012)-RRB-, sea level acceleration results are sensitive to the choice of the analysis time span.
https://skepticalscience.com/ Not exact matches
«As a result of the acceleration of outlet glaciers over large regions, the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are already contributing more and faster to sea level rise than anticipated,» he observed.
In the wake of an ice shelf collapse, however, the resulting glacier acceleration can raise sea level by introducing a new ice mass into the ocean.
«At medium sea levels, powerful forces − such as the dramatic acceleration of polar ice cap melting − are not necessary to result in abrupt climate shifts and associated drastic temperature changes.»
The result would be further acceleration of sea level rise, putting even more extensive areas of the world's coasts under sentence of inundation: Alexandria, Egypt, Bangladesh's Meghna delta, much of Boston's central business district, and coastal New Jersey, to name just a few (in addition, presumably, to those places already mentioned in Two Degrees.)