Mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants slows sea-level rise

Aixue Hu, Yangyang Xu, Claudia Tebaldi, Warren M. Washington and Veerabhadran Ramanathan ()
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Aixue Hu: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Yangyang Xu: Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
Claudia Tebaldi: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Warren M. Washington: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Veerabhadran Ramanathan: Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 8, 730-734

Abstract: Short-lived climate pollutants are known to contribute to global warming, but the impact of this increased temperature on sea-level rise due to thermal expansion is not known. Curbing emissions of these pollutants is shown to significantly reduce the rate of sea-level rise by 24–50% by 2100; however, delaying mitigation by 25 years reduces the impact on sea-level rise by about a third.

Date: 2013
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