Melting of floating ice and sea level rise
[1] Contrary to popular belief, the melting of floating ice (in the form of ice shelves, icebergs and sea ice) may have a non-zero impact on sea level. This is because the melting process cools and dilutes the oceans on average, and unless these opposing effects exactly balance each other there will...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:11761 2023-05-15T16:41:58+02:00 Melting of floating ice and sea level rise Jenkins, Adrian Holland, David 2007 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11761/ http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0716/2007GL030784/2007GL030784.pdf unknown American Geophysical Union Jenkins, Adrian orcid:0000-0002-9117-0616 Holland, David. 2007 Melting of floating ice and sea level rise. Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (16), L16609. 5, pp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL030784 <https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL030784> Meteorology and Climatology Glaciology Hydrology Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2007 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL030784 2023-02-04T19:27:34Z [1] Contrary to popular belief, the melting of floating ice (in the form of ice shelves, icebergs and sea ice) may have a non-zero impact on sea level. This is because the melting process cools and dilutes the oceans on average, and unless these opposing effects exactly balance each other there will be a net change in the ocean density. We discuss how these subtle effects can be quantified and put bounds on the potential sea level rise associated with melting of the ice masses that are currently afloat in the world's oceans. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Shelves Sea ice Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Geophysical Research Letters 34 16 |
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[1] Contrary to popular belief, the melting of floating ice (in the form of ice shelves, icebergs and sea ice) may have a non-zero impact on sea level. This is because the melting process cools and dilutes the oceans on average, and unless these opposing effects exactly balance each other there will be a net change in the ocean density. We discuss how these subtle effects can be quantified and put bounds on the potential sea level rise associated with melting of the ice masses that are currently afloat in the world's oceans. |
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Jenkins, Adrian orcid:0000-0002-9117-0616 Holland, David. 2007 Melting of floating ice and sea level rise. Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (16), L16609. 5, pp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL030784 <https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL030784> |
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