GLACIERS, ICE SHEETS, AND SEA LEVEL: EFFECT OF A CO2-INDUCED CLIMATIC CHANGE

National Technical Information Service, U. S. Department of Commerce

Penerbit : National Technical Information Service, U. S. Department of Commerce

Tahun : 1985

The climate of the Earth is perpetually variable and changing. Uncertainties about future climate, compounded by concerns that the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and other by-products of human activities may bring about inadvertent changes of climate in future decades, place a premium on improved understanding and prediction of climate and its effects. It has been postulated that a significant rise of global sea level is expected to result from the melting of land ice and thermal expansion of the upper layer of the ocean due to climatic change by increasing OO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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