Relative outcomes of climate change mitigation related to global temperature versus sea-level rise

Gerald A. Meehl (), Aixue Hu, Claudia Tebaldi, Julie M. Arblaster, Warren M. Washington, Haiyan Teng, Benjamin M. Sanderson, Toby Ault, Warren G. Strand and James B. White
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Gerald A. Meehl: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Aixue Hu: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Claudia Tebaldi: Climate Central, One Palmer Square
Julie M. Arblaster: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Warren M. Washington: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Haiyan Teng: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Benjamin M. Sanderson: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Toby Ault: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Warren G. Strand: National Center for Atmospheric Research
James B. White: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 8, 576-580

Abstract: A modelling study shows that cutting greenhouse-gas emissions has the potential to stabilize global temperature increases, but predicts that sea level will continue to rise for centuries, and rapidly so, unless aggressive mitigation measures are set in place.

Date: 2012
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