The history of Greenland's ice: Cosmic signature

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Blard, Pierre-Henri, Leduc, Guillaume
• Other Authors: Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Sea level; Greenland Ice; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Greenland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://amu.hal.science/hal-01457254; https://amu.hal.science/hal-01457254/document; https://amu.hal.science/hal-01457254/file/The_history_of_Greenland_s_ice_1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/540202a

International audience Global sea levels would rise by several metres if the Greenland Ice Sheet melted completely. Two studies have examined its past behaviour in an effort to evaluate its vulnerability in a warming world — and have come to seemingly conflicting conclusions. Two geochemists and a glaciologist discuss the issues.