Glaciers dominate eustatic sea-level rise in the 21st century
Meier, M.F.; Dyurgerov, M.B.; Rick, U.K.; O'Neel, S.; Pfeffer, W.T.; Anderson, R.S.; Anderson, S.P.; Glazovsky, A.F. (2007). Glaciers dominate eustatic sea-level rise in the 21st century. Science (Wash.) 317(5841): 1064-1067. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1143906
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Meier, M.F.
- Dyurgerov, M.B.
- Rick, U.K.
- O'Neel, S.
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- Pfeffer, W.T.
- Anderson, R.S.
- Anderson, S.P.
- Glazovsky, A.F.
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| Abstract |
Ice loss to the sea currently accounts for virtually all of sea-level rise not attributable to ocean warming; about 60% of the ice loss is from glaciers and ice caps rather than from the two ice sheets. The contribution of these smaller glaciers has accelerated over the last decade, in part due to dramatic thinning and retreat of marine-terminating glaciers associated with a dynamic instability generally not considered in mass balance/climate modeling. This acceleration of glacier melt may cause 0.1-0.25 m of additional sea-level rise by 2100. |
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