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The climatic consequences of a Pine Island Glacier collapse 21 September 2015

The climatic consequences of a Pine Island Glacier collapse

New CVP-funded research published in the Journal of Climate by Green and Schmittner simulates the consequences of a rapid collapse of the Pine Island Glacier (PIG) under pre-industrial and anthropogenically-forced conditions.

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