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The future of ice sheets and sea ice: Between reversible retreat and unstoppable loss

Dirk Notz
PNAS December 8, 2009 106 (49) 20590-20595; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902356106
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  1. Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom, and approved September 22, 2009 (received for review March 3, 2009)

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vol. 106 no. 49 20590-20595
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902356106
PubMed: 
19884496

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
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1091-6490
History: 
  • Received March 3, 2009
  • Published in issue December 8, 2009.
  • Published online December 9, 2009.
  • Published first November 2, 2009.

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  1. Dirk Notz1
  1. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
  1. Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom, and approved September 22, 2009 (received for review March 3, 2009)

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  • 1E-mail:dirk.notz{at}zmaw.de
  • Author contributions: D.N. designed research, performed research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper.

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The future of ice sheets and sea ice: Between reversible retreat and unstoppable loss
Dirk Notz
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 2009, 106 (49) 20590-20595; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902356106

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    • The Ice–Albedo Feedback
    • The Small Ice-Cap Instability
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