Rapid Sea-Level Rise Soon from West Antarctic Ice-Sheet Collapse?
Author:
- Charles R. BentleyCBCharles R. Bentley
- 21 February 1997
- journal article
- perspective
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 275 (5303) , 1077-1078
Abstract
There has been recent concern over whether shrinkage of ice sheets in Antarctica caused by climate change could lead to rapid global sea-level rise. In his Perspective, Bentley discusses the processes at work in ice-sheet behavior and concludes that, in view of the evidence for ice-sheet stability, catastrophic changes are unlikely in the next century or two.Keywords
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