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New study represents ‘a leap forward’ in our understanding of ice sheet behavior, expert says
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2016/02/034.html[font face=Serif][font size=5]New study represents ‘a leap forward’ in our understanding of ice sheet behavior, expert says[/font]
[font size=4]UB geologist can discuss the implications of a new climate science paper in Nature[/font]
By Charlotte Hsu
Release Date: February 17, 2016
[font size=3]BUFFALO, N.Y. — In recent years, climate scientists have grown increasingly concerned that massive rivers of ice flowing into the ocean from Greenland and Antarctica could accelerate as the planet warms, leading to a catastrophic collapse of Earth’s ice sheets.
This grim scenario would cause the world’s oceans to rise rapidly, putting many island nations and coastal communities around the world under water.
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“Greenland has three major ice streams — Jakobshavn, Kangerlussuaq and Helheim — and in the early 2000s, they all madly accelerated at the same time,” Briner says. “So we had this doomsday scenario for a while, because if they continued to accelerate, their discharges into the ocean would be huge.
“Then, several years later, they slowed down again,” Briner says. “There is still a lot we don’t know about how these ice streams behave, and understanding their behavior is crucial for accurate modeling of future ice sheet decline.”
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[font size=4]UB geologist can discuss the implications of a new climate science paper in Nature[/font]
By Charlotte Hsu
Release Date: February 17, 2016
[font size=3]BUFFALO, N.Y. — In recent years, climate scientists have grown increasingly concerned that massive rivers of ice flowing into the ocean from Greenland and Antarctica could accelerate as the planet warms, leading to a catastrophic collapse of Earth’s ice sheets.
This grim scenario would cause the world’s oceans to rise rapidly, putting many island nations and coastal communities around the world under water.
…
“Greenland has three major ice streams — Jakobshavn, Kangerlussuaq and Helheim — and in the early 2000s, they all madly accelerated at the same time,” Briner says. “So we had this doomsday scenario for a while, because if they continued to accelerate, their discharges into the ocean would be huge.
“Then, several years later, they slowed down again,” Briner says. “There is still a lot we don’t know about how these ice streams behave, and understanding their behavior is crucial for accurate modeling of future ice sheet decline.”
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