May 5, 2021

impact of melting land ice on sea level rise

Rising temperatures as a result of CO2 emissions will cause land ice to melt and sea level to rise. Glaciers, Greenland and the Antarctic are the three main contributors, and the degree of sea level rise will depend on how far we can contain rising temperatures. 

New research modelling the contribution of melting land ice to sea levels under different temperature scenarios has been published in Nature.

Journalists joined this online SMC briefing to hear some of the lead authors of the paper discuss their results.

Speakers included:

Dr Tamsin Edwards, Reader in Climate Change, King’s College London

Dr Regine Hock, Oslo University & University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dr Sophie Nowicki, University at Buffalo