MELTING OF ARCTIC LAND-BASED ICE
Digital Art on Metal 36" W X 18" H
THE SCIENCE
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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