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(2008) Climate change: Losing Greenland

Authors
Witze A.
Source
Nature (284)
Type
P - Paper (2851)
Peer Review
1 - High (2301)
Audience
S - Specialist (3514)
Pages
798-802
Journal Number
452
Notes

Abstract. Is the Arctic’s biggest ice sheet in irreversible meltdown? And would we know if it were?

When people talk about catastrophic climate change, there’s a fair chance that Greenland is on their mind. If they use the term ‘tipping point’, then it is pretty much a sure thing.

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Folder Categories
Ice Sheets and Sea Ice Critical Thresholds, Abrupt Change and Tipping Points
 
Tag_blue Keywords
greenland ice sheet tipping point climate change impacts
 
Map Countries
Greenland
 
Map Regions
North America Arctic
 

Entered by: Susana Fernandez, 6/2009

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