Serhat SensoyRosanna Beharry Dorlan Burrell Most importantly # 5 - 6 and #7 1. sea level rise resulting from the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet (see table at right). Sacramento Sea Level Increase How will global warming sea rise changes impact Sacramento? 2. The rate of ice mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet has very likely substantially increased over the period 1992 to 2011, resulting in a larger mass loss over 2002 to 2011 than over 1992 to 2011 3. Greenland Ice Sheet (a potential rise of 20 feet if the entire ice cap melts). [16 feet + 20 feet = 36 feet] The nature of the melting is non-linear and is difficult to predict. 4 Greenland Ice Sheet (a potential rise of 20 feet if the entire ice cap melts). The nature of the melting is non-linear and is difficult to predict. Seeking to correct the IPCC’s failure 5historical documents show that Greenland’s ice sheet is melting, the extent 1995-2004 was the warmest decade worldwide and thickness of Arctic sea ice is declining, in the last 1-2,000 years. 6 There could be dramatic changes to the climate of the northern region due to the creation of a vast expanse of open water where there was once effectively land, Professor Wadhams said. ‘Youre essentially changing land into ocean and the creation of a huge area of open ocean where there was once land will have a very big impact on other climate parameters 7. Greenland’s coastal lands projected to rise at a rate of 2 inches per year due to the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. “Scientists are astounded as rapid ice meltdown in Greenland is causing the land to rise quickly. Moving glaciers in Greenland form dense icecaps up to 2 km thick that covers most of the island. These icecaps also press down hard on the land beneath, lowering its elevation. Scientists from the University of Miami have now found that these icecaps are melting, causing some coastal lands to rise by nearly one inch per year. If this trend continues, that number could accelerate to as much as two inches per year by 2025, explains Tim Dixon, professor of geophysics at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) and principal investigator of the study
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