Sea Ice Leads
High resolution simulation of the northern hemispheric sea ice development 1985-2014: Sea ice is an important component of the Earth System, which is often being discussed in terms of integrated quantities such as sea ice extent and volume. Sea ice deformation characteristics such as leads, on the other hand, have attracted relatively little attention thus far.
Greenland in the Greenhouse
In the event that Greenhouse Gas Emissions continue to rise unrestrictedly throughout the next decades, their concentrations could reach a multiple of the pre-industrial value. In the long run, a decline in Greenland’s inland ice cap would be inevitable, with its melt water contributing to the sea level which would already rise due to the effect of the warming and expanding sea water.