Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018

The Greenland Ice Sheet has been a major contributor to global sea-level rise in recent decades 1 , 2 , and it is expected to continue to be so 3 . Although increases in glacier flow 4 – 6 and surface melting 7 – 9 have been driven by oceanic 10 – 12 and atmospheric 13 , 14 warming, the magnitude an...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 579; no. 7798; pp. 233 - 239
Main Authors:	Shepherd, Andrew, Ivins, Erik, Rignot, Eric, Smith, Ben, van den Broeke, Michiel, Velicogna, Isabella, Whitehouse, Pippa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2020 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	704/106/125 704/106/694 Analysis Atmosphere Atmospheric circulation Atmospheric models Climate Change Climate models Datasets Earth sciences & physical geography Environmental aspects Environmental Sciences Estimates Glacial dynamics Glacier flow Glacier melting Glaciers Glaciohydrology Global sea level Global warming Gravity Greenland Greenland ice sheet Humanities and Social Sciences Ice Ice Cover Ice sheets Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Mass (Physics) Mass balance Mass balance of ice sheets Mean sea level Measurement Meltwater multidisciplinary Ocean temperature Ocean warming Oceans and Seas Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences Physique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre Regional climate models Regional climates Runoff Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sciences de la terre & géographie physique Sea level Sea level rise Surface-ice melting Temperature Trends Greenland
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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