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The FINANCIAL Sea level rise from the melting of ice could be halved this century if we meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting warming to 1.5°C. This is the finding of a new study, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and conducted by an international community of scientists, which has been published in the journal Nature, according to UKRI.
The research explored the land ice contribution to sea level in the 21st century arising from the world’s glaciers and the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
Dr Tamsin Edwards, Reader in Climate Change at King’s College London, is the lead author on the paper ‘Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise’, and worked with more than 80 authors internationally.
06.05.2021 Limiting warming to 1.5°C halves sea level rise this century
An international team of climate researchers, including glaciologist Fabien Maussion, provides new projections of future sea level rise from the melting of ice by the end of the 21st century. If the 1.5°C global warming target is met, sea level rise could be halved relative to current emissions pledges. Otherwise, there is a risk of up to 40 cm. The study was published in Nature.
Sea level rise is caused by the melting of glaciers and continental ice sheets and is one of the most severe impacts of human caused climate change. However, as this is an interaction of many different factors, a reliable forecast is associated with major challenges. In a study published in the renowned journal Nature, 80 international researchers have now computed updated projections of future sea level rise, based on an unprecedented combination of computer models and statistical techniques. The project
Experts modelled the effects of melting ice on sea levels at the century s end
The Paris goal could reduce losses from glaciers by 50% and Greenland by 70%
Findings from Antarctica were unclear, however, due to current uncertainties
Meeting the ambitious target would lower sea rise from 9.8 inches to 5.1 inches
Another study warned current emissions could lead us to cross a tipping point
After this, it might become impossible to halt sea level rise for centuries to come
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Limiting warming to 1.5°C halves sea level rise this century
An international team of climate researchers, including glaciologist Fabien Maussion, provides new projections of future sea level rise from the melting of ice by the end of the 21st century. If the 1.5°C global warming target is met, sea level rise could be halved relative to current emissions pledges. Otherwise, there is a risk of up to 40 cm. The study was published in Nature.
Sea level rise is caused by the melting of glaciers and continental ice sheets and is one of the most severe impacts of human caused climate change. However, as this is an interaction of many different factors, a reliable forecast is associated with major challenges. In a study published in the renowned journal Nature, 80 international researchers have now computed updated projections of future sea level rise, based on an unprecedented combination of computer models and statistical techniques. The projections were realized for the la
New research from a large international community of scientists predicts that sea level rise from the melting of ice could be halved this century if we.