Climate Change and Sea Level Rise : A Review of the Scientific Evidence
Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: the scientific evidence is now overwhelming. The rate of global sea level rise was faster from 1993 to 2003, about 3.1 mm per year, as compared to the average rate of 1.8 mm per year from 1961 to 2003 (IPCC, 2007); and significan...
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ftworldbank:oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/18382 2023-11-05T03:31:28+01:00 Climate Change and Sea Level Rise : A Review of the Scientific Evidence Dasgupta, Susmita Meisner, Craig 2009-05 application/pdf text/plain http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18382 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10567848/climate-change-sea-level-rise-review-scientific-evidence-climate-change-sea-level-rise-review-scientific-evidence English en_US eng World Bank, Washington, DC Environment department papers;no. 118. Climate change series http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10567848/climate-change-sea-level-rise-review-scientific-evidence-climate-change-sea-level-rise-review-scientific-evidence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18382 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ ABLATION AEROSOL EMISSIONS ALBEDO ALTITUDE AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS ANTARCTIC TEMPERATURES ANTARCTICA ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ARCTIC CLIMATE ARCTIC GLACIERS ATLANTIC OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHEREOCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS BAY BRIGHTNESS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE CALCULATION CALVING CARBON CARBON CYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE CH4 CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE FORECASTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE MODELERS CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELLING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESPONSE CLIMATE SIMULATIONS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATIC INFORMATION CLIMATIC REGIMES CLIMATOLOGY CLOUD COVER CLOUDS CO2 2009 ftworldbank 2023-10-10T13:02:41Z Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: the scientific evidence is now overwhelming. The rate of global sea level rise was faster from 1993 to 2003, about 3.1 mm per year, as compared to the average rate of 1.8 mm per year from 1961 to 2003 (IPCC, 2007); and significantly higher than the average rate of 0.1 to 0.2 mm/yr increase recorded by geological data over the last 3,000 years. Anthropogenic warming and SLR will continue for centuries due to the time scales associated with climate processes and feedbacks, even if greenhouse gas concentrations were to be stabilized. This paper reviews the scientific literature to date on climate change and sea level rise. There appears to be a consensus across studies that global sea level is projected to rise during the 21st century at a greater rate than during the period 1961 to 2003 and unanimous agreement that SLR will not be geographically uniform. Ocean thermal expansion is projected to contribute significantly, and land ice will increasingly lose mass at an accelerated rate. But most controversial are the mass balance loss estimates of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and what the yet un-quantified dynamic processes will imply in terms of SLR. Recent evidence on the vulnerability of Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets to climate warming raises the alarming possibility of SLR by one meter or more by the end of the 21st century. Other/Unknown Material albedo Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Climate change Greenland The World Bank: Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) |
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ABLATION AEROSOL EMISSIONS ALBEDO ALTITUDE AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS ANTARCTIC TEMPERATURES ANTARCTICA ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ARCTIC CLIMATE ARCTIC GLACIERS ATLANTIC OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHEREOCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS BAY BRIGHTNESS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE CALCULATION CALVING CARBON CARBON CYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE CH4 CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE FORECASTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE MODELERS CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELLING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESPONSE CLIMATE SIMULATIONS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATIC INFORMATION CLIMATIC REGIMES CLIMATOLOGY CLOUD COVER CLOUDS CO2 |
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ABLATION AEROSOL EMISSIONS ALBEDO ALTITUDE AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS ANTARCTIC TEMPERATURES ANTARCTICA ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ARCTIC CLIMATE ARCTIC GLACIERS ATLANTIC OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHEREOCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS BAY BRIGHTNESS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE CALCULATION CALVING CARBON CARBON CYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE CH4 CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE FORECASTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE MODELERS CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELLING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESPONSE CLIMATE SIMULATIONS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATIC INFORMATION CLIMATIC REGIMES CLIMATOLOGY CLOUD COVER CLOUDS CO2 Dasgupta, Susmita Meisner, Craig Climate Change and Sea Level Rise : A Review of the Scientific Evidence |
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ABLATION AEROSOL EMISSIONS ALBEDO ALTITUDE AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS ANTARCTIC TEMPERATURES ANTARCTICA ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ARCTIC CLIMATE ARCTIC GLACIERS ATLANTIC OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHEREOCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS BAY BRIGHTNESS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE CALCULATION CALVING CARBON CARBON CYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE CH4 CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE FORECASTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE MODELERS CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELLING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESPONSE CLIMATE SIMULATIONS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATIC INFORMATION CLIMATIC REGIMES CLIMATOLOGY CLOUD COVER CLOUDS CO2 |
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Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: the scientific evidence is now overwhelming. The rate of global sea level rise was faster from 1993 to 2003, about 3.1 mm per year, as compared to the average rate of 1.8 mm per year from 1961 to 2003 (IPCC, 2007); and significantly higher than the average rate of 0.1 to 0.2 mm/yr increase recorded by geological data over the last 3,000 years. Anthropogenic warming and SLR will continue for centuries due to the time scales associated with climate processes and feedbacks, even if greenhouse gas concentrations were to be stabilized. This paper reviews the scientific literature to date on climate change and sea level rise. There appears to be a consensus across studies that global sea level is projected to rise during the 21st century at a greater rate than during the period 1961 to 2003 and unanimous agreement that SLR will not be geographically uniform. Ocean thermal expansion is projected to contribute significantly, and land ice will increasingly lose mass at an accelerated rate. But most controversial are the mass balance loss estimates of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and what the yet un-quantified dynamic processes will imply in terms of SLR. Recent evidence on the vulnerability of Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets to climate warming raises the alarming possibility of SLR by one meter or more by the end of the 21st century. |
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Dasgupta, Susmita Meisner, Craig |
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Dasgupta, Susmita Meisner, Craig |
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Dasgupta, Susmita |
title |
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise : A Review of the Scientific Evidence |
title_short |
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise : A Review of the Scientific Evidence |
title_full |
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise : A Review of the Scientific Evidence |
title_fullStr |
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise : A Review of the Scientific Evidence |
title_full_unstemmed |
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise : A Review of the Scientific Evidence |
title_sort |
climate change and sea level rise : a review of the scientific evidence |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2009 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18382 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10567848/climate-change-sea-level-rise-review-scientific-evidence-climate-change-sea-level-rise-review-scientific-evidence |
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albedo Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Climate change Greenland |
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albedo Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Climate change Greenland |
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Environment department papers;no. 118. Climate change series http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10567848/climate-change-sea-level-rise-review-scientific-evidence-climate-change-sea-level-rise-review-scientific-evidence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18382 |
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