Open AccessA New Source of Sea Level Rise from Greenland: Ice Slabs
Author(s) -
Jenessa Duncombe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo137700
Subject(s) - sea level rise , future sea level , geology , ice sheet , ice caps , sea ice , oceanography , physical geography , glacier , geography , climatology , arctic ice pack , climate change , antarctic sea ice
Runoff from the Greenland ice sheet’s high elevations could double by 2100, thanks to solid layers of ice hiding just beneath the surface.