| dc.contributor.author |
Hambrey, Michael J. |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2009-05-19T08:27:58Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2009-05-19T08:27:58Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2006-05 |
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| dc.identifier.citation |
Hambrey , M J 2006 , ' Is the Greenland Ice Sheet in a state of collapse? ' Geology Today , vol 22 , no. 3 , pp. 98-103 . |
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| dc.identifier.issn |
1365-2451 |
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| dc.identifier.other |
PURE: 100702 |
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| dc.identifier.other |
dspace: 2160/2242 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2160/2242 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118621650/PDFSTART |
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| dc.description |
Hambrey, M.J., Christoffersen, Poul, (2006) Is the Greenland Ice Sheet in a state of collapse? Geology Today 22 (3), pp. 98-103 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
The Greenland Ice Sheet is thinning at an accelerating pace and the ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise has doubled in less than a decade. New data show rapid and widespread changes in the behaviour of the ice sheet, particularly along the coastal margin. These changes coincide with a decade of sustained Arctic warming of up to 3 °C. Decay of the Greenland Ice Sheet in response to global warming will not only be governed by increased surface melting during longer and warmer summers but also by a speed-up of coastal glaciers that drain the interior ice sheet. A precise estimate of sea-level rise in the twentyfirst century relies on improved theoretical treatment of these glaciers in computer models |
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| dc.format.extent |
6 |
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| dc.language.iso |
eng |
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| dc.relation.ispartof |
Geology Today |
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| dc.title |
Is the Greenland Ice Sheet in a state of collapse? |
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| dc.type |
Text |
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| dc.type.publicationtype |
Article (Journal) |
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| dc.identifier.doi |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2006.00561.x |
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| dc.contributor.institution |
Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences |
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| dc.contributor.institution |
Centre for Glaciology |
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| dc.description.status |
Peer reviewed |
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