Sea level is rising with little apparent contribution from Antarctica
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 11:02
in Earth & Climate
Scientists find present sea level rise is happening with apparently very little contribution from Antarctica as a whole. The large amount of water flowing away from West Antarctica through ice-melt has been partly cancelled out by the volume of water falling onto the continent in the form of snow, suggesting some past studies have overestimated Antarctica's contribution to fast-rising sea levels.