Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea-level rise

Polar temperatures over the last several million years have, at times, been slightly warmer than today, yet global mean sea level has been 6–9 metres higher as recently as the Last Interglacial (130,000 to 115,000 years ago) and possibly higher during the Pliocene epoch (about three million years ag...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 531; no. 7596; pp. 591 - 597
Main Authors:	DeConto, Robert M., Pollard, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.03.2016 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	704/106 704/106/125 704/106/694/1108 Antarctic Regions Atmosphere Calibration Climate Climate Change - statistics & numerical data Emissions Environmental aspects Forecasts and trends Global warming Greenhouse Effect - statistics & numerical data Greenhouse gases Humanities and Social Sciences Ice Ice Cover Ice sheets Ice shelves Melting Models, Theoretical multidisciplinary Ocean temperature Ocean warming Oceanographic research Pliocene Science Sea level Seawater - analysis Surface-ice melting Temperature Time Factors Water Movements Antarctic Regions Antarctica
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687
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