Sentences with phrase «whether ice sheet contribution»

A key question has long been whether ice sheet contribution could accelerate substantially, by an order of magnitude, either in this century or subsequently.

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Determining whether polar ice sheets are shrinking or growing, and what their contribution to changes in sea level is, has motivated polar scientists for decades.

Consequently, ice sheet contribution to sea level rise — even if it were the same amount — would have different impacts, depending on whether the contribution came from Greenland or Antarctica (Bamber and Riva 2010).