How Do Polar Ice Sheets and Sea Level Behave Under a Changing Climate?
Nearly 3 billion people live within 100 km of the coastline, many in large urban centers. In predictions of sea level rise, the future role of polar ice sheets is one of the most critical uncertainties under the present extreme rise in greenhouse forcing of the climate system. This talk will show ho...
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Montclair State University Digital Commons
2018
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/sustainability-seminar/2018/fall2018/10 https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/context/sustainability-seminar/article/1010/viewcontent/2018SeminarFlierMSU_Sandra_Passchier.pdf |
| Summary: | Nearly 3 billion people live within 100 km of the coastline, many in large urban centers. In predictions of sea level rise, the future role of polar ice sheets is one of the most critical uncertainties under the present extreme rise in greenhouse forcing of the climate system. This talk will show how geoscientists address the Earth system processes involved in melting ice sheets under warmer climates, and introduce the objectives of an upcoming deepsea drilling expedition to the area with greatest ice loss in West Antarctica. |
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