Committed sea-level rise under the Paris Agreement and the legacy of delayed mitigation action
Rising seas are a legacy of present and future climate change. Here the authors show that under the Paris Agreement, emissions in the next decades have a strong influence on the amount of sea level rise in the centuries to come, with the uncertainty dominated by ice-sheet contributions.
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Main Authors: | Matthias Mengel, Alexander Nauels, Joeri Rogelj, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/23ebfa0039754c96948720022ea425c8 |
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