Freshwater Runoff From Greenland Ice Sheet Will More Than Double By End Of Century

Freshwater Runoff From Greenland Ice Sheet Will More Than Double By End Of Century



ScienceDaily (Jun. 12, 2008) — The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated according to a scientific paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Sebastian H. Mernild published recently in the journal Hydrological Processes.

The study is based on the results of state-of-the-art modeling using data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as satellite images and observations from on the ground in Greenland.

Mernild and his team found that the total amount of Greenland Ice Sheet freshwater input into the North Atlantic Ocean expected from 2071 to 2100 will be more than double what is currently observed. The current East Greenland Ice Sheet freshwater flux is 257 km3 per year from both runoff and iceberg calving. This freshwater flux is estimated to reach 456 km3 by 2100.

Mernild’s results further show a change in total East Greenland freshwater flux from today’s values of 438 km3 per year to 650 km3 per year by 2100. This indicates an increase in global sea level rise estimates from 1.1 millimeters per year to 1.6 millimeters per year...>

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612090919.htm

Bottle it and sell it while it lasts. :evilgrin:

It could easily triple... or quadruple.

Whatever happens, it will be:

it just wouldn't have stopped there.

Come to think of it, "in five years time" is technically "before the end of the century"...

:P

err, wait a minute...
:yoiks: