Figure 2.14. Average changes in the thickness of mountain glaciers, shown as both annual changes and the accumulated change since the late 1950s. Source: R. Rodhe (2006), http://www.globalwarmingart.com/, prepared from published data archived at the World Glacier Monitoring Service at the NSIDC.
Figure 2.15. Cumulative mean specific mass balances (a) and cumulative total mass balances (b) of glaciers and ice caps, calculated for large regions (Dyurgerov and Meier, 2005). Mean specific mass balance shows the strength of climate change in the respective region. Total mass balance is the contribution from each region to sea level rise. Source: AR4-WGI, Figure 4.15. “mm SLE” refers to “millimeters of sea level equivalent.”
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