How Fast Are The Ice Sheets Melting?

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Published Online October 19, 2006
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1133325

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Submitted on August 22, 2006
Accepted on October 13, 2006

How Fast Are The Ice Sheets Melting?

Anny Cazenave ¹^*

¹ Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, 31400 Toulouse, France.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Anny Cazenave , E-mail: anny.cazenave{at}cnes.fr

Remote sensing data suggest that ice sheets currently contributelittle to sea-level rise. However, dynamical instabilities inresponse to climate warming may cause faster ice mass loss.

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