Publication Date:
2018-03-06
Description:
Irreversible ocean thermal expansion under carbon dioxide removal Dana Ehlert and Kirsten Zickfeld Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, 197-210, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-197-2018, 2018 This study uses a global climate model to explore the extent to which sea level rise due to thermal expansion of the ocean is reversible if the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) declines. It is found that sea level continues to rise for several decades after atmospheric CO 2 starts to decline and does not return to the pre-industrial level for over thousand years after atmospheric CO 2 is restored to the pre-industrial concentration.
Print ISSN:
2190-4979
Electronic ISSN:
2190-4987
Topics:
Geosciences