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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-39-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-39-2018
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Research article
| 
08 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 08 Jan 2018
Influence of temperature fluctuations on equilibrium
ice sheet volume
Troels Bøgeholm Mikkelsen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Aslak Grinsted
Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Peter Ditlevsen
Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Short summary
The atmospheric temperature increase poses a real risk of ice sheets collapsing. We show that this risk might have been underestimated since variations in temperature will move the ice sheets to the tipping point of destabilization.
We show this by using a simple computer model of a large ice sheet and investigate what happens if the temperature varies from year to year. The total volume of the ice sheet decreases because a cold year followed by an equally warm year do not cancel out.
The atmospheric temperature increase poses a real risk of ice sheets collapsing. We show that...
