COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Expanding seas
Description: A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions could greatly lessen the impacts of climate change. However, the gases already added to the atmosphere ensure a certain amount of sea level rise to come, even if future emissions are reduced. A new "Perspective" study published in Nature Climate Change quantifies the impact on oceans of the "climate commitment" being made now by human activity. [Source: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)]
URL: https://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/research/7557/expanding-seas
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Source: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Publish Date: 7/26/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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