MELTING OF ARCTIC LAND-BASED ICE

Digital Art on Metal 36" W X 18" H

THE SCIENCE

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WHAT'S ALARMING

Increasing temperatures over the last two decades have cause the melting of mountain glaciers, small ice caps and the Greenland ice sheet. The future rate of melting of land-based ice is a significant factor in determining the amount of future sea level rise.

This figure appears in chapter 33 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/appendices/climate-science- supplement/graphics/melting-arctic-land-based-ice

(Figure source: AMAP 20111). AMAP, 2012. Arctic Climate Issues 2011: Changes in Arctic Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost. SWIPA 2011 Overview Report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo. xi + 97pp

This figure was created on October 23, 2013.

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Sept 14 lo res Nov 12 Final Version E land based ice copy.jpg