New method relates Greenland ice sheet changes to sea-level rise

Climate models are not yet able to include full models of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and to dynamically simulate how ice sheet changes influence sea level. Early schemes failed to accurately account for both mass increase due to snowfall and mass loss due to snow melt. These increases and losses depend on ice sheet elevation and region. A new method that includes the effects of elevation and region was developed using a detailed regional model of the Greenland ice sheet.

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