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Dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - Proceedings of a Workshop held in Utrecht, May 6-8, 1985 (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)
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Dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - Proceedings of a Workshop held in Utrecht, May 6-8, 1985 (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)
Series: Glaciology and Quaternary Geology, 4
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Few scientists doubt the prediction that the antropogenic release
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to some warming of
the earth's climate. So there is good reason to investigate the
possible effects of such a warming, in dependence of geographical
and social economic setting. Many bodies, governmental or not, have
organized meetings and issued reports in which the carbon dioxide
problem is defined, reviewed, and possible threats assessed. The
rate at which such reports are produced still increases. However,
while more and more people are getting involved in the 'carbon
dioxide business', the number of investigators working on the basic
problems grows, in our view, too slowly. Many fundamental questions
are still not answered in a satisfactory way, and the carbon
dioxide building rests on a few thin pillars. One such fundamental
question concerns the change in sea level associated with a
climatic warming of a few degrees. A number of processes can be
listed that could all lead to changes of the order of tens of
centimeters (e. g. thermal expansion, change in mass balance of
glaciers and ice sheets). But the picture of the carbon dioxide
problem has frequently be made more dramatic by suggesting that the
West Antarctic Ice Sheet is unstable, implying a certain
probability of a 5 m higher sea-level stand within a few
centuries."
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