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.
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Related Greenland presently makes the largest contribution to sea level rise, RICHARD ALLEY The Greenland ice sheet's contribution to sea level is an issue of considerable societal and scienti... ERIC RIGNOT Greenland is probably going to contribute more and faster to sea level rise than predicted. ERIC RIGNOT This is clearly a result of warming around the periphery of Greenland. ERIC RIGNOT If we burn all the fossil fuels there are, the Greenland ice sheet will melt, raising sea levels 23 ... RICHARD ALLEY We are seeing signs of significant change in the Arctic with mountain glaciers retreating, snow cove... ANDREW LEE It's likely that Greenland is going to contribute more and faster to rising sea levels than previous... ERIC RIGNOT I can’t tell you what I look like. I look in the mirror and see nothing but space. Space refl... JAN FINK The southern half of Greenland is reacting to what we think is climate warming. The northern half is... ERIC RIGNOT The science tells us that if we fail to reduce global warming pollution, global temperatures will ri... FRANCES BEINECKE I once saw a lump of Greenland breaking off into the sea and moving south, which of course will affe... RALPH STEADMAN Greenland was perceived as this huge solid place that would never melt. The evidence is now so stron... ROBERT CORELL Greenland is a wonderful country. FREDERIK, CROWN PRINCE OF DENMARK Many of our problems are broadly similar to those that undermined ... Norse Greenland, and that many... JARED DIAMOND I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics. ALEQA HAMMOND Min mor snakker højere og højere, i takt med at hun bliver mere beruset. Hun får en hæslig stemm... SøRINE STEENHOLDT We expect Northwest to formally increase its labor asking price from $1.1 billion to $1.4 billion in... JAMIE BAKER These findings call into question predictions of the future of Greenland in a warmer climate from co... ERIC RIGNOT [Reporter: How did you find America?] We turned left at Greenland. JOHN LENNON We've done it in Tibet, and we've done one in Greenland. ROBERT MANN Essentially the more we pollute the atmosphere, the more we can expect these [negative] effects to o... ALAN THORPE The mass loss resulting from this glacier acceleration in Greenland is very significant. These are v... ERIC RIGNOT My mum was a librarian, and my dad worked in Greenland. NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax increase, and income tax incre... ARTHUR LAFFER More water is moving through the Greenland ice sheet system and there appears to be a link between m... JASON BOX At 1.7 million square km (656,000 square miles), up to 3 km (nearly two miles) thick and a little sm... JULIAN DOWDESWELL We expect the price spread to increase from 28% to more than 70% with additional generic launches. JOHN BORIS People travel and hunt on the sea ice - in Alaska, they hunt in skin boats for bowhead whales; in Gr... GRETEL EHRLICH If this ice melts in Greenland it can shut down the Gulf Current. JAY INSLEE It was a nightmare. The band had to tour Greenland by bus. FRED SCHNEIDER Do you want me to send you back to where you were - unemployed in Greenland?! THE PRINCESS BRIDE I've had people from all over the world. I've had people from all over the world -- Japan, Germany, ... DALE JONES The study indicates that the contribution of the ice sheets to recent sea-level rise during the deca... JAY ZWALLY We expect the water level to rise. GEORGI LINKOV The melting of ice at the edges of the ice sheet is also increasing, which causes the ice to flow fa... JAY ZWALLY Global warming would increase the rate of evaporation from the oceans. This would increase rainfall ... ROBERT ZUBRIN China is ready to make more contribution to the development of education around the globe and furthe... WEN JIABAO The models we had were not terribly alarming about Greenland. This paper is a real wake-up call. RICHARD ALLEY [It is a phenomenon that frightens the native people that live around the Arctic. Many fear their ch... CHARLIE JOHNSON This is a very preliminary figure that could increase as additional damage is discovered and losses ... ANDY LAVIGNE They have the highest probability of mixing with birds that are coming from England, across Greenlan... JOE JOHNSON Wherever those people come from, you will see an increase in jobs in Northwest Indiana. BILL SHELDRAKE We will be seeking additional information from the manufacturer before we go any further. RAE TYSON what came from Manchester; Stevie Winwood and Spencer Davis were the Birmingham contingent and then ... JOHN MAYALL This change, combined with increased melting, suggests that existing estimates of future sea level r... JULIAN DOWDESWELL We have absolutely no control over the introduction of the virus by migratory birds that are about t... JEAN HARS Like there's actually a need for Greenland. You can get ice at 7-Eleven. STEVE KLUGER We see 2000 as a key inflection point, which sets the stage for significantly decreasing losses in 2... MARIE TOULANTIS The rate increase is necessary to protect our customers from losses arising from future storm season... RYAN PRIEST The Vikings could have been saved if they had borrowed survival strategies from the Inuit, but the o... JOHNJOE MCFADDEN I'm quite happy trekking around Greenland on my own, but those big book tours in America or the ... MICHELLE PAVER For me, it depends only on the script, the part I'm doing, and the people around me. It could be... SEBASTIAN KOCH We expect to significantly increase the pace of our building there in the future. BILL WERTZ The rates will increase in 2006, but the increase will be gradual. So, we don't expect a significant... JEFF MAJEWSKI The most remote place I've been to was in Greenland. I remember setting out for a solo hike from... MICHELLE PAVER We will build on this to further increase the areas of agreement. Obviously, India's concerns in vit... ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE We need to start serious measures to reduce greenhouse gases within the next decade. If we don't do ... JONATHAN OVERPECK Outsourcing has always generated significant political debate, which in some cases has stalled this ... JAMES KROUSE Given the market, we expect their contribution to profit will be substantial. Our target was to incr... CHRIS CURFMAN According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the f... ANNIE DILLARD We remain comfortable with consensus earnings estimates for 1998 and expect to increase earnings by ... DAVID GEORGE Looking forward, consumer confidence could increase further should the rise in black consumer confid... CEES BRUGGEMANS Amid growing evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Greenland Ice Sheet are becoming les... HOWIE SCHER We could tell Greenland came out emotionally high. Sometimes that?s good and sometimes that?s bad, b... STEVE MOODY This is another eye-opener for us, and I expect that our level of play will increase and it will pic... SEIMONE AUGUSTUS I didn't want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, witho... ELIZABETH GILBERT The Alpine glaciers are highly sensitive to climate changes. As temperatures rise, they melt and sho... HANSPETER HOLZHAUSER The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase th... BJORN LOMBORG Global warming threatens our health, our environment, and our economic security through projected ch... CHRISTINE VANDERLAN We can expect more from our students both academically and behaviorally if we increase the difficult... PAUL FITZGERALD The growth level will rise partly because additional flights and routes are being created at a rapid... BERNARD DONOGHUE Oil demand in the U.S., China and India is expected to rise further. Supplies, especially of sweet c... HISAO SATO We expect warming to cause more precipitation to fall as rain rather than snow. And snow will also s... MICHAEL DETTINGER (Media question to Beatles during first U.S. tour 1964) "How do you find America?" ... RINGO STARR If we look out into our future, global warming will have a longer impact, which makes it somewhat sc... BILL PATZERT During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen as... DANA ROHRABACHER Momentum in the economy is gathering pace and the ECB are likely to give quite a hawkish outlook in ... GERNOT GRIEBLING This trend in sea surface temperature that's sort of relentlessly rising and the hurricane intensity... JUDITH CURRY North by Northwest. CARY GRANT We expect that the enemies will increase their attacks, particularly as we run up to the referendum, JOSEPH TALUTO Places further north haven't seen much rain. At flowering time you need to see an increase in rain. ... JACK SCOVILLE Housing activity has peaked and is coming down a bit, and we expect further cooling in the coming mo... DAVID LEREAH Household confidence is very weak, suggesting household spending is vulnerable. We expect spreading ... SHAMUBEEL EAQUB You'll see from the 1800s to the present day what sea level has done. And you'll see the rise. There... JIM DIXON If Northwest does not back off from the remaining open issues, then they can expect us to do what's ... WADE BLAUFUSS Pain has creative power, Let the magic unfold... HENNA SOHAIL The prediction that glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park has been moved up by 10 years t... BILL KURTIS The increase in financing capacity provides us with additional liquidity to continue our goal of gro... HUGH MILLER The increase in financing capacity provides us with additional liquidity to continue our goal of gro... HUGH MILLER We found some things that we feel confident there will be additional savings. And, we feel that we h... CAROL BRUCE Listen, global warming is a real problem, but it' s not the end of the world. A 30-centimetre se... BJORN LOMBORG I have some big shoes to fill. I am looking to hit it head on. Greenland has had a lot of success an... TRACY SUTTON From past experience, we don't expect it will be very smooth in implementing the agreement in the fu... ZHU FENG More than 100 million people could be affected by a three-foot increase in sea level. GARY GRIGGS I expect the most significant rise of the water level on Wednesday. GEORGI LINKOV Global warming is wreaking havoc on amphibians and will cause staggering losses of biodiversity if w... J. ALAN POUNDS The further humanity moves forward , the quicker it progresses SUNDAY ADELAJA Those people who shoot endless time-lapse films of unfurling roses and tulips have the wrong idea. T... ANNIE DILLARD The quarter was no surprise, but the future guidance was very favorable. The forecast of single-digi... TOM COURTNEY We expect that it (water) will continue to rise for some weeks more before it actually peaks and the... BASIL FERNANDEZ
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