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Increased future ice discharge from Antarctica owing to higher snowfall [1]

Climate models predict that precipitation will increase in Antarctica, leading to potential ice mass gain and an offset to sea level rise, but here it is shown that enhanced snowfall on Antarctica is likely to increase ice discharge and thereby negate 30% to 65% of the snowfall-induced ice gain.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2012
R. Winkelmann [2], A. Levermann [3], M. A. Martin & et al [4]
Nature [5]
492
7428
239-242
Tags:
Climate Change [6], Antarctica [7], Climate Science [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/r-winkelmann
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/levermann
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-martin-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science