Rapid Sea-Level Rise Soon from West Antarctic Ice-Sheet Collapse?

There has been recent concern over whether shrinkage of ice sheets in Antarctica caused by climate change could lead to rapid global sea-level rise. In his Perspective, Bentley discusses the processes at work in ice-sheet behavior and concludes that, in view of the evidence for ice-sheet stability,...

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Published in:Science
Main Author: Bentley, Charles R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1997
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.275.5303.1077
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.275.5303.1077
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Summary:There has been recent concern over whether shrinkage of ice sheets in Antarctica caused by climate change could lead to rapid global sea-level rise. In his Perspective, Bentley discusses the processes at work in ice-sheet behavior and concludes that, in view of the evidence for ice-sheet stability, catastrophic changes are unlikely in the next century or two.

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