Encyclopedia of Anthropocene

International audience The Antarctic ice sheet represents a potential contribution to sea level rise. Understanding processes interacting on the ice sheet is fundamental to precisely determine its response to a rapid changing climate and estimate its present and future contribution to sea level chan...

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Main Authors: Mémin, Anthony, F., Rémy
Other Authors: Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud ), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2018
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Online Access:https://hal.science/hal-01856115
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Summary:International audience The Antarctic ice sheet represents a potential contribution to sea level rise. Understanding processes interacting on the ice sheet is fundamental to precisely determine its response to a rapid changing climate and estimate its present and future contribution to sea level change. Satellite altimetry and gravimetry have been providing with maps of spatial and temporal changes of the ice sheet elevation and mass. They reveal that several places in Antarctica are changing at an accelerating rate in response to current climate change. The future monitoring programs of the ice sheet will significantly improve our knowledge of the ice sheet.