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...
although clearly enormous result time understand warming
We are witnessing enormous changes, and it will take some time before we understand how it happened, although it is clearly a result of warming around the glaciers.
coming glaciers seen
We don't think these are just bursts. We haven't seen any of these glaciers coming back to normal.
magnitude surprised
What surprised us was the magnitude of the changes.
looked
We did not look at one or two glaciers. We looked at all of them.
concerns maybe models
I think this will heighten concerns that maybe the sea-level models are a little too conservative.
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.
dominant found ice response
What we found is this is probably the dominant response of the ice sheets.
contribute faster greenland level rise sea
Greenland is probably going to contribute more and faster to sea level rise than predicted.
determine directly effected man warming whether
Whether the warming is effected by man is not something that we can directly determine with this study.
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.
climate greenland half northern reacting southern waiting
The southern half of Greenland is reacting to what we think is climate warming. The northern half is waiting but I don't think it's going to take long.
clearly result warming
This is clearly a result of warming around the periphery of Greenland.
additional expect further greenland increase level losses northwest sea warming
In the future, as warming around Greenland progresses further north, we expect additional losses from northwest Greenland glaciers, which will then increase Greenland's contribution to sea level rise.
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.