
Fast-Melting Mountain Glaciers Speed Up Sea Level Rise
Author(s) -
Mary Morton
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo121087
Subject(s) - glacier , sea level rise , geology , sea level , future sea level , physical geography , geodesy , climatology , environmental science , meteorology , oceanography , geomorphology , climate change , geography , cryosphere , ice stream , sea ice
Satellites spy on remote alpine glaciers, producing more accurate—and higher—estimates of ice loss over time.