Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot is Professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine, and principal scientist for the Radar Science and Engineering Section at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
along coasts effect ice level measurable melting result sea storms
I don't think it will effect Californians immediately, It will effect storms along the coasts and we will see a measurable effect at sea level as a result of melting ice caps.
contribute faster greenland level rise sea
Greenland is probably going to contribute more and faster to sea level rise than predicted.
climate flow generally ice warming work
Climate warming can work in different ways, but generally speaking, if you warm up the ice sheet, the glacier will flow faster.
climate context evolution ice predicted rapid
The evolution of the ice sheet, in the context of climate warming, is more rapid than has been predicted by models.
concerns maybe models
I think this will heighten concerns that maybe the sea-level models are a little too conservative.
contribute faster greenland levels likely rising sea
It's likely that Greenland is going to contribute more and faster to rising sea levels than previously estimated.
greenland ice issue level scientific sea
The Greenland ice sheet's contribution to sea level is an issue of considerable societal and scientific importance.
magnitude surprised
What surprised us was the magnitude of the changes.
determine directly effected man warming whether
Whether the warming is effected by man is not something that we can directly determine with this study.
looked
We did not look at one or two glaciers. We looked at all of them.
generation greenland increase means percent producing sea
What it means right now is that Greenland is producing 20 percent of the sea rise. We think that contribution will increase from generation to generation.