Study From Nature; Antarctic Ice-Sheet Loss May Be Less Than Worst-Case Projections
New research by a group of international scientists has found ice sheet loss in Antarctica is likely to be less extreme than previously thought.
The review - , published in the journal Nature - confirms that Antarctica and Greenland are both losing ice and contributing to rising sea levels. But it found that Greenland is losing twice as much ice as Antarctica, and that Antarctic ice loss is likely to be less extreme than previously suggested.
Ian Allison, an Honorary Research Professor at the University of Tasmania, says the review is an important update that still acknowledges the damaging impact of climate change.
"It's chopping off the extreme projections, it's brought the future contributions to sea level rise right down to the core results that the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] last time produced, which is still a very great concern," he said.
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