Open AccessSea-level rise: Which is the role of glaciers and polar ice sheets?
Author(s) -
Francisco Navarro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mètode. annual review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2174-9221
pISSN - 2174-3487
DOI - 10.7203/metode.11.16988
Subject(s) - glacier , cryosphere , future sea level , sea level rise , environmental science , climate change , ice sheet , flooding (psychology) , global warming , climatology , coastal flood , oceanography , sea ice , sea level , marine ecosystem , coastal erosion , ecosystem , physical geography , geography , antarctic sea ice , geology , ecology , psychology , shore , psychotherapist , biology
Sea-level has been rising at an accelerated rate during recent decades and is projected to continue increasing at an accelerated rate over the twenty-first century and beyond, mostly as a result of anthropogenic warming. A substantially raised sea level can have severe impacts on low-lying coastal areas, including coastal erosion and flooding of inhabited areas. Under continued climate warming, these impacts will be exacerbated by extreme meteorological events and extreme wave heights, posing severe risks to the human communities and coastal ecosystems. In this paper we review the recent advances on the contributions of glaciers and sheets to sea-level rise, in the light of the recently released IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.