Open AccessGreenland glaciers and the 'greenhouse effect', activities 1993
Author(s) -
Roger J. Braithwaite,
Ole Β. Olesen,
Niels Reeh,
A Weidick
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v160.8236
Subject(s) - future sea level , glacier , ice sheet , greenland ice sheet , climate change , global warming , sea level rise , climatology , ice sheet model , environmental science , greenhouse gas , greenhouse effect , cryosphere , latitude , ice albedo feedback , abrupt climate change , physical geography , effects of global warming , sea ice , geology , oceanography , ice stream , geography , geodesy
Possible global climate change caused by increased 'greenhouse effect' may lead to a warmer climate that will cause increased melting of the Greenland ice sheet, and a rise in world sea level. Climate warming may be apparent first and with greatest magnitude at high latitudes so that increased melting of the Greenland ice sheet could give early warning of global climate change. For these reasons, GGU and foreign organisations are studying Greenland glaciers in connection with the ‘greenhouse effect’ (Braithwaite et al. 1992).