Reconciling global mean and regional sea level change in projections and observations

Jinping Wang; John A. Church; Xuebin Zhang; Xianyao Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21265-6

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Reconciling global mean and regional sea level change in projections and observations

Jinping Wang,
John A. Church,
Xuebin Zhang,
Xianyao Chen

Affiliations

Jinping Wang: Department of Oceanography, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China
John A. Church: Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Xuebin Zhang: Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR), CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Xianyao Chen: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21265-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Evaluating sea-level projections used by the IPCC is challenging due to the short overlap with measurements. Here, the authors show that observed global and regional sea-level trends confirm projections and that the acceleration of sea-level rise is between the one expected from the scenarios RCP4.5 and RCP8.5.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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