Eric Rignot Flow Quotations

A few years back, we thought ice sheets might grow because of increased precipitation. Now we see that rates of glacier flow are changing. We think the process that is winning overall is the rate of glacier flow.

These findings call into question predictions of the future of Greenland in a warmer climate from computer models that do not include variations in glacier flow as a component of change. Actual changes will likely be much larger than predicted by these models.

Climate warming can work in different ways, but generally speaking, if you warm up the ice sheet, the glacier will flow faster.