New insights into the contribution of land ice to sea level rise

New insights into the contribution of land ice to sea level rise

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-06-insights-contribution-ice-sea.html

Land ice describes permanent ice on the surface of the Earth, which comprises the two ice sheets that cover Antarctica and Greenland as well as numerous smaller glaciers and ice caps.

Over the course of the 20th century, melting glaciers and ice caps dominated the overall contribution of land ice to global sea level rise.