Scientific reticence and sea level rise

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hansen, J E ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciology; Global warming; Ice sheets; Sea level

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; GLOBAL WARMING;

GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; ON CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SYSTEM INERTIA;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 34547640488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/2/024002     Document Type: Article

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