Future sea-level rise from Greenland's main outlet glaciers in a warming climate.

• Main Authors: Nick, Faezeh, Vieli, Andreas, Andersen, Morten Langer, Joughin, Ian R., Payne, Antony, Edwards, Tamsin L, Pattyn, Frank, van de Wal, Roderik S W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Mécanique des milieux continus; Glaciologie; Géodésie appliquée topographie [géodésie]; Climatologie; Géodésie; Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/143850; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/143850/1/nature12068.pdf

Over the past decade, ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet increased as a result of both increased surface melting and ice discharge to the ocean. The latter is controlled by the acceleration of ice flow and subsequent thinning of fast-flowing marine-terminating outlet glaciers. Quantifying the fut...