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The multimillennial sea-level commitment of global warming
Description: This study combines paleo-evidence with simulations from physical models to estimate the future sea-level commitment on a multimillennial time scale and compute associated regional sea-level patterns. It finds we are committed to a sea-level rise of approximately 2.3 m °C−1 within the next 2,000 y. Considering the lifetime of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, this imposes the need for fundamental adaptation strategies on multicentennial time scales. [Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1219414110
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Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Publish Date: 7/15/2013
Reading Level: Expert
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