Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2 A degrees C global warming could be dangerous

• Main Authors: Hansen, James, Sato, Makiko, Hearty, Paul, Ruedy, Reto, Kelley, Maxwell, Masson-Delmotte, Valerie, Russell, Gary, Tselioudis, George, Cao, Junji, Rignot, Eric, Velicogna, Isabella, Tormey, Blair, Donovan, Bailey, Kandiano, Evgeniya, von Schuckmann, Karina, Kharecha, Pushker, Legrande, Allegra N., Bauer, Michael, Lo, Kwok-Wai
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; LAST INTERGLACIAL PERIOD; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; ATLANTIC THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; EARTHS ENERGY IMBALANCE; DEGLACIAL CO2 RISE; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON-DIOXIDE; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; NORTH-ATLANTIC; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Greenland; Glacial Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/5787

We use numerical climate simulations, paleoclimate data, and modern observations to study the effect of growing ice melt from Antarctica and Greenland. Meltwater tends to stabilize the ocean column, inducing amplifying feedbacks that increase subsurface ocean warming and ice shelf melting. Cold melt...