Ice Sheets and Sea Level

• Main Authors: Oerlemans, Johannes, Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe, Masson-Delmotte, Valérie, Overpeck, Jonathan T, Otto-Bliesner, Bette L, Miller, Gifford H, Alley, Richard B, Muhs, Daniel R., Marshall, Shawn J
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2006
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Greenland; Dye 3; Dye-3; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub/188; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsstaffpub/article/1187/viewcontent/Muhs_SCIENCE_2006_Ice_sheets.pdf

The estimate of the contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) to the higher sea level stand in the Eemian interglacial (between 2.2 and 3.4 m) is based on the assumption that there was no ice at the location of the Dye-3 ice core in southern Greenland. However, Eemian ice has been found at the base of this ice core. The presence of Eemian ice in south and coastal Greenland implies that the GIS was essentially intact in a much warmer climate and could not have contributed more than 1 to 2 m to sea-level rise.