Sea level rise caused by the melting of mountain and subpolar glaciers

Another process that results in rising sea levels is the addition of water mass from land ice. Melting glaciers and ice caps, as well as the vast ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, raise sea-levels if their water mass enters the ocean as melted water or icebergs (Pritchard et al. 2009, Steig et al. 2009,…

  • Produced by:
    Viktor Novikov, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
  • Year:
    01/11/2010

Sea level rise caused by the melting of mountain and subpolar glaciers

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