Long-term sea-level rise implied by 1.5 °c and 2 °c warming levels

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 867-870

  Schaeffer, Michiel ^a,b   Hare, William ^a,c   Rahmstorf, Stefan ^c   Vermeer, Martin ^d  

^a CLIMATE ANALYTICS   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EMISSION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WARMING;

EID: 84870369645     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1584     Document Type: Article

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