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Title: Ice sheets may be more resilient than thought, say Stanford scientist's
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Published: Sep 30, 2015
Author: miles traer
Post Date: 2015-09-30 15:31:05 by tpaine
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Ice sheets may be more resilient than thought, say Stanford scientist's

Map of the Earth with a 6-meter sea level rise represented in red Map of the Earth with a 6-meter sea level rise represented in red. A new Stanford study says that the sea level rise associated with a warming world may not be as high as predicted. (Image: NASA)

Stanford study suggests that today's ice sheets may be more resilient to increased carbon dioxide levels than previously thought.

By Miles Traer

Sea level rise poses one of the biggest threats to human systems in a globally warming world, potentially causing trillions of dollars' worth of damages to flooded cities around the world. As surface temperatures rise, ice sheets are melting at record rates and sea levels are rising.

But there may be some good news amid the worry. Sea levels may not rise as high as assumed.

To predict sea level changes, scientists look to Earth's distant past, when climate conditions were similar to today, and investigate how the planet's ice sheets responded then to warmer temperatures brought on by increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

In a recently published study in the journal Geology, PhD students Matthew Winnick and Jeremy Caves at Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences explored these very old conditions and found that sea level might not have risen as much as previously thought – and thus may not rise as fast as predicted now.

To better understand global sea level rise, Winnick and Caves analyzed the middle Pliocene warm period, the last time in Earth's history, approximately 3 million years ago, when carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were close to their present values (350-450 parts per million).

"The Pliocene is an important analogue for today's planet not only because of the related greenhouse gas concentrations, but because the continents were roughly where they are today, meaning ocean and climate circulation patterns are comparable," said Winnick.

These similarities are why the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the group responsible for global sea level rise projections, focuses on the mid- Pliocene warm period to inform their computer models.

benthic foram Previous studies of the mid-Pliocene warm period used oxygen isotope records to determine the volume of Earth's ice sheets and, by proxy, sea level. Effectively, the oxygen isotope records act as a fingerprint of Earth's ice sheets. By combining the fingerprint with models of ice sheet meltwater, many previous researchers thought that sea level was likely 82 to 98 feet (25 to 30 meters) higher during the Pliocene.

Such high sea level would require a full deglaciation of the Greenland Ice Sheet and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and as much as 30 percent of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet – enough to cover New York City under 50 feet of water. But these estimates arose because the researchers assumed that the Antarctic ice of the Pliocene had the same isotopic composition, that is, the same fingerprint, as it does today – an assumption that Winnick and Caves challenge in their new report.

To understand the isotopic composition of Pliocene ice, Winnick and Caves began in the present day using well-established relationships between temperature and the geochemical fingerprint. By combining this modern relationship with estimates of ancient Pliocene surface temperatures, they were able to better refine the fingerprint of the Antarctic ice millions of years ago. In re-thinking this critical assumption, and by extending their analysis to incorporate ice sheet models, Winnick and Caves recalculated the global sea level of the Pliocene and found that it was 30 to 44 feet (9 to 13.5 meters) higher, significantly lower than the previous estimate.

"Our results are tentatively good news," Winnick said. "They suggest that global sea level is less sensitive to high atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations than previously thought. In particular, we argue that this is due to the stability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which might be more resilient than previous studies have suggested." However, a rise in global sea level by up to 44 feet (13.5 meters) is still enough to inundate Miami, New Orleans and New York City, and threaten large portions of San Francisco, Winnick cautioned.

While the study helps refine our understanding of Pliocene sea level, both Winnick and Caves point out that it's not straightforward to apply these results to today's planet. "Ice sheets typically take centuries to millennia to respond to increased carbon dioxide, so it's more difficult to say what will happen on shorter time scales, like the next few decades," Winnick said.

"Add that to the fact that CO2 levels were relatively consistent in the Pliocene, and we're increasing them much more rapidly today, and it really highlights the importance of understanding how sea level responds to rising temperatures. Estimates of Pliocene sea level might provide a powerful tool for testing the ability of our ice sheet models to predict future changes in sea level."

Media Contact

Matthew Winnick, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences: (240) 338-0912, mwinnick@stanford.edu

Jeremy Caves, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences: (505) 263-1241, jcaves@stanford.edu

Miles Traer, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences: (650) 497-9541, mtraer@stanford.edu

Dan Stober, Stanford News Service: (650) 721-6965, dstober@stanford.edu

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While the study helps refine our understanding of Pliocene sea level, both Winnick and Caves point out that it's not straightforward to apply these results to today's planet. "Ice sheets typically take centuries to millennia to respond to increased carbon dioxide, so it's more difficult to say what will happen on shorter time scales, like the next few decades," Winnick said.

Take your hip boots off Willy, -- you'll have plenty of time to avoid getting wet...

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