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Shrinking glaciers under scrutiny

Nature volume 482, pages 482483 (23 February 2012) | Download Citation

Melting glaciers contribute to sea-level rise, but measuring their mass loss over time is difficult. An analysis of satellite data on Earth's changing gravity field does just that, and delivers some unexpected results.

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  1. Jonathan Bamber is at the Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK.

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