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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

My top 3 impressions up-front: The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. The IPCC gives more consideration to the large long-term sea-level rise beyond the year 2100. And here is the key sea-level graphic from the Summary for Policy Makers: Source: IPCC AR6, Figure SPM.8.

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The AMOC: tipping this century, or not?

Real Climate

that the sea surface temperature there in winter is a good index of AMOC strength, based on a high-resolution climate model. Not in summer when the ocean is covered by a shallow surface mixed layer heated by the sun and highly dependent on weather conditions.) We argued in Caesar et al. The reanalysis data show the latter is the case.

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Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems

Union of Concerned Scientists

Deforestation and forest fragmentation are making it harder for species to move in response to climate chnage. Some marine species also experience boundaries to movement, including ocean currents, thermoclines, and shipping lanes, but they are generally more able to track changes in sea temperatures. Photo: T.R.

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The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy

Legal Planet

In particular, he said, “reliance upon coal, on the other hand, could aggravate the ‘greenhouse effect,’ whereby excess carbon dioxide (which accompanies coal burning) traps heat inside the earth’s atmosphere, thus possibly melting the icecaps and raising the level of the oceans.”

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IPCC: The planet is on red alert

A Greener Life

Some of those predicted changes are already happening such as continued sea level rise which is now irreversible over a time span of hundreds to thousands of years. And by the end of this century, extreme sea-level events which previously occurred every 100 years could happen every year. What’s to come.

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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

Warmer temperatures will encourage the melting of glaciers, ice fields, summer Arctic sea ice, and permafrost, some of which may be irreversible. Sea levels will continue to rise throughout the 21st century, contributing to more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-lying areas along coasts around the world.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

SIDS face a range of risks, including extreme floods, storms, droughts, unpredictability of precipitation patterns and sea-level rise, ocean acidification and deoxygenation (World Health Organization, 2018; Douglas & Cooper, 2020, Thomas, 2020). Small Islands, Large Oceans: Voices on the Frontlines of Climate Change.