Figure 11.10: Estimated
sea level rise from 1910 to 1990. (a) The thermal expansion, glacier and ice cap,
Greenland and Antarctic contributions resulting from climate change in the 20th
century calculated from a range of AOGCMs. Note that uncertainties in land ice
calculations have not been included. (b) The mid-range and upper and lower bounds
for the computed response of sea level to climate change (the sum of the terms
in (a) plus the contribution from permafrost). These curves represent our estimate
of the impact of anthropogenic climate change on sea level during the 20th century.
(c) The mid-range and upper and lower bounds for the computed sea level change
(the sum of all terms in (a) with the addition of changes in permafrost, the effect
of sediment deposition, the long-term adjustment of the ice-sheets to past climate
change and the terrestrial storage terms).
