Eric Rignot Sea Quotations

Greenland is probably going to contribute more and faster to sea level rise than predicted.

I don't think it will effect Californians immediately, It will effect storms along the coasts and we will see a measurable effect at sea level as a result of melting ice caps.

What it means right now is that Greenland is producing 20 percent of the sea rise. We think that contribution will increase from generation to generation.

In the future, as warming around Greenland progresses further north, we expect additional losses from northwest Greenland glaciers, which will then increase Greenland's contribution to sea level rise.

The behavior of the glaciers that dump ice into the sea is the most important aspect of understanding how an ice sheet will evolve in a changing climate. It takes a long time to build and melt an ice sheet, but glaciers can react quickly to temperature changes.

The Greenland ice sheet's contribution to sea level is an issue of considerable societal and scientific importance.

It's likely that Greenland is going to contribute more and faster to rising sea levels than previously estimated.