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ISBN-13: 9781151351432
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All rights reserved. Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean Fundamental Questions of Global Change 25 behavior depends upon designing a comprehensive modeling and observing strategy. To give a sense of the system inter-coupling, consider that determination of how much ice Antarctica has been losing in the past decade, based on satellite measurements of gravitational anomalies, requires knowledge of the rate at which the underlying bedrock is lifting. Determining bedrock uplift requires understanding the structural properties of the rock, as well as how much ice Antarctica has lost since the Last Glacial Maximum, some 20,000 years ago.
Areas where wetlands would be marginal or lost under three sea-level rise scenarios (in mm per year). SOURCE: CCSP, 2009. PREPUBLICATION COPY Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. 3 The Ozone Hole and Greenhouse Gases The Antarctic ozone hole is generated by a blend of three factors operating in the stratosphere. First, chlorine gas mediates the destruction of ozone, and its 20th century increase is due to the rise in atmospheric chlorofluorocarbon levels—long-lived chemicals produced by the chemical industry and used, for example, as coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners.
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