Open AccessOn the Rocks: The Challenges of Predicting Sea Level Rise
Author(s) -
David M. Holland,
Daniel M. Holland
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo036667
Subject(s) - glacier , future sea level , sea level rise , flood myth , ice sheet , sea level , geology , oceanography , physical geography , earth science , climatology , geography , ice shelf , climate change , sea ice , cryosphere , archaeology
As the loss of West Antarctica's ice sheet threatens to raise sea level and flood the world's coasts, scientists must improve projections by understanding the physics where glaciers meet the ocean.