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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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1997
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.275.5303.1077 https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.275.5303.1077 |
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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