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Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

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Virtual Posters

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2015-02-15 09:45:23

Poster Title

2 CM SEA LEVEL RISE – HOLLAND, YOU BETTER GET READY!

Author(s)

Tayo van Boeckel (a), Oda Eide (b), Iben Koldtolt (c), Robert Kopte (d), Hanne Wilhelmsen (e).

Author Affiliation(s)

a) Faculty of Sciences, University of Amsterdam,
b) Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
c) Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
d) Geomar|Helmholtz-?Centre for Ocean Research, University of Kiel,
e) Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo

Conference where poster was originally presented

IPY Field School 2012 - Poster Session

Year the poster was presented

2012

Abstract Text

Svalbard is a highly glaciated archipelago situated in the high arctic at the northernmost edge of the North Atlantic drift and is therefore thought to be very sensitive to climatic changes. Over 60 % of the archipelago consist of ice caps and glaciers. The estimated total volume of the glaciers of Svalbard would rise the sea level by only 2 cm. Nevertheless Arctic’s smaller ice masses are expected to show a more rapid response to climate changes than the largest future contributors to sea level rise, Antarctica and Greenland. Therefore, glaciers on Svalbard could function as an early indicator for how the larger ice sheets will react to the warming climate in the future.

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