Choosing the future of Antarctica
We present two narratives on the future of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, from the perspective of an observer looking back from 2070. In the first scenario, greenhouse gas emissions remained unchecked, the climate continued to warm, and the policy response was ineffective; this had large ramific...
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ftimperialcol:oai:spiral.imperial.ac.uk:10044/1/60056 2023-05-15T13:54:43+02:00 Choosing the future of Antarctica Rintoul, SR Chown, SL DeConto, RM England, MH Fricker, HA Masson-Delmotte, V Naish, TR Siegert, M Xavier, JC British Council (UK) 2018-03-13 http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/60056 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0173-4 unknown Nature Publishing Group Nature © 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. 2018-12-13 241 233 MD Multidisciplinary General Science & Technology Journal Article 2018 ftimperialcol https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0173-4 2018-09-16T06:02:50Z We present two narratives on the future of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, from the perspective of an observer looking back from 2070. In the first scenario, greenhouse gas emissions remained unchecked, the climate continued to warm, and the policy response was ineffective; this had large ramifications in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, with worldwide impacts. In the second scenario, ambitious action was taken to limit greenhouse gas emissions and to establish policies that reduced anthropogenic pressure on the environment, slowing the rate of change in Antarctica. Choices made in the next decade will determine what trajectory is realized. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Southern Ocean Imperial College London: Spiral Southern Ocean Nature 558 7709 233 241 |
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We present two narratives on the future of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, from the perspective of an observer looking back from 2070. In the first scenario, greenhouse gas emissions remained unchecked, the climate continued to warm, and the policy response was ineffective; this had large ramifications in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, with worldwide impacts. In the second scenario, ambitious action was taken to limit greenhouse gas emissions and to establish policies that reduced anthropogenic pressure on the environment, slowing the rate of change in Antarctica. Choices made in the next decade will determine what trajectory is realized. |
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