Earth's ice: Sea level, climate, and our future commitment

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-40

  Scambos, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Arctic; Climate change; Cryosphere; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Greenland; Level rise; Sea; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954463226     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340210392965     Document Type: Article

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