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"The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres
thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet
holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 metres.
Ice loss from this sheet is projected to be the leading driver of sea level
rise by 2100, yet its contribution remains highly uncertain. While sea levels
are certain to rise this century, projections of the contribution from
Antarctic ice vary from a 44cm rise to a 22cm fall.
Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate
of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale and are very difficult to
measure and model.
But recently scientists have made significant progress in understanding this
“ice-ocean boundary layer”. This progress is the subject of our new review
paper, published today in
Annual Reviews."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
