Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016

Michael Zemp; Matthias Huss; Emmanuel Thibert; Nicolas Eckert; Robert McNabb; Jacqueline Huber; Martina Barandun; Horst Machguth; Samuel U. Nussbaumer; Isabelle Gärtner‐Roer; Laura Thomson; F. Paul; Fabien Maussion; Stanislav Kutuzov; J. Graham Cogley

doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1071-0

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GlacierSea levelGeologyPhysical geographyGeodetic datumClimate changeClimatologyAltimeterGlacier mass balanceSea level riseGlacier morphologyExtrapolationCryosphereGeodesyGeographyOceanographySea iceIce stream

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 568
Issue: 7752
Pages: 382-386
Citations: 1044
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                                    Michael Zemp, 
                                
                                    Matthias Huss, 
                                
                                    Emmanuel Thibert
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016. 
                            Nature
                            , 568
                            (7752)
                            , 382-386.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1071-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1071-0