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Originally published in Science Express on 19 October 2006
Science 24 November 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5803, pp. 1250 - 1252
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133325
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Perspectives

ATMOSPHERE:
Enhanced: How Fast Are the Ice Sheets Melting?

Anny Cazenave*

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

*The author is at the Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, 31400 Toulouse, France. E-mail: anny.cazenave{at}cnes.fr

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Recent Climate Observations Compared to Projections.
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