Assertion: glacier | /r/CapableOf | respond to climate change
Facets:
value: quickly
type: MANNER
value: in the future
type: TEMPORAL
value: by thickening
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The sea level equivalent of glaciers is important because glaciers are responding rapidly to climate change and are likely to be a large contributor to global sea level rise over the next century.
text: Glaciers have short response times and therefore react quickly to climate change.
text: Glaciers respond to climate changes by thickening and advancing down-valley towards warmer lower altitudes or by thinning and retreating up-valley to higher altitudes.
text: Glaciers and ice caps (excluding the large Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets) respond quickly to climate change, and are likely to dominate eustatic (freshwater input from melting ice) contributions to sea level rise over the next few decades.
text: How are glaciers in the Southern Alps and different regions of the world responding to climate change?
text: How are the glaciers likely to respond to climate change in the future?