Greenland’s ice loss is accelerating—why?
Very interesting post at Skeptical Science. From the post:
Figure 1: Surface Mass Balance – Discharge (red) compared with GRACE data (blue). GRACE data is offset vertically. Short horizontal lines indicate GRACE uncertainty. Dashed lines indicate linear trends. The scatter plot in the inset shows a direct linear regression between monthly GRACE values as a function of the cumulative SMB – D anomaly (van den Broeke et al 2009).
Read the entire post. Note that the graph is zero-based.
Greenland’s ice cap, unlike the Arctic ice in the ocean, will raise sea levels considerably when it all melts.
