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Ice-sheet mass balance and climate change

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  • Edward Hanna

    (University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK)

  • Francisco J. Navarro

    (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

  • Frank Pattyn

    (Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium)

  • Catia M. Domingues

    (Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania)

  • Xavier Fettweis

    (University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium)

  • Erik R. Ivins

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

  • Robert J. Nicholls

    (Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK)

  • Catherine Ritz

    (Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, UJF – Grenoble 1/CNRS, 38402 Saint-Martin d’Heres, France)

  • Ben Smith

    (Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington)

  • Slawek Tulaczyk

    (University of California)

  • Pippa L. Whitehouse

    (Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK)

  • H. Jay Zwally

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory)

Abstract

A review of the past six years of research on ice-sheet mass-balance change shows that accelerated loss from Greenland is a robust finding, but that loss from Antarctica is probably far lower than previously thought.

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  • Edward Hanna & Francisco J. Navarro & Frank Pattyn & Catia M. Domingues & Xavier Fettweis & Erik R. Ivins & Robert J. Nicholls & Catherine Ritz & Ben Smith & Slawek Tulaczyk & Pippa L. Whitehouse & H., 2013. "Ice-sheet mass balance and climate change," Nature, Nature, vol. 498(7452), pages 51-59, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:498:y:2013:i:7452:d:10.1038_nature12238
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12238
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    1. A. Slangen & M. Carson & C. Katsman & R. van de Wal & A. Köhl & L. Vermeersen & D. Stammer, 2014. "Projecting twenty-first century regional sea-level changes," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 124(1), pages 317-332, May.

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