Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change

BD Tapley, MM Watkins, F Flechtner, C Reigber… - Nature climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Time-resolved satellite gravimetry has revolutionized understanding of mass transport in the
Earth system. Since 2002, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has …

The urgency of Arctic change

J Overland, E Dunlea, JE Box, R Corell, M Forsius… - Polar Science, 2019 - Elsevier
This article provides a synthesis of the latest observational trends and projections for the
future of the Arctic. First, the Arctic is already changing rapidly as a result of climate change …

Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels

C Tebaldi, R Ranasinghe, M Vousdoukas… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
The Paris agreement focused global climate mitigation policy on limiting global warming to
1.5 or 2° C above pre-industrial levels. Consequently, projections of hazards and risk are …

Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion

MI Vousdoukas, R Ranasinghe, L Mentaschi… - Nature climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Sandy beaches occupy more than one-third of the global coastline and have high
socioeconomic value related to recreation, tourism and ecosystem services. Beaches are …

Impacts of 1.5 C global warming on natural and human systems

O Hoegh-Guldberg, D Jacob, M Bindi… - Global warming of …, 2018 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Abstract An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-
industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of …

Global probabilistic projections of extreme sea levels show intensification of coastal flood hazard

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Global warming is expected to drive increasing extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk
along the world's coastlines. In this work we present probabilistic projections of ESLs for the …

Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment

JL Bamber, M Oppenheimer, RE Kopp… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
Despite considerable advances in process understanding, numerical modeling, and the
observational record of ice sheet contributions to global mean sea-level rise (SLR) since the …

African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates

MI Vousdoukas, J Clarke, R Ranasinghe… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
The African coast contains heritage sites of 'Outstanding Universal Value'that face
increasing risk from anthropogenic climate change. Here, we generated a database of 213 …

Major threats of pollution and climate change to global coastal ecosystems and enhanced management for sustainability

Y Lu, J Yuan, X Lu, C Su, Y Zhang, C Wang, X Cao… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Coastal zone is of great importance in the provision of various valuable ecosystem services.
However, it is also sensitive and vulnerable to environmental changes due to high human …

Global surface air temperatures in CMIP6: Historical performance and future changes

X Fan, Q Duan, C Shen, Y Wu… - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Surface air temperature outputs from 16 global climate models participating in the sixth
phase of the coupled model intercomparison project (CMIP6) were used to evaluate …