The polar regions in a 2 C warmer world

E Post, RB Alley, TR Christensen, M Macias-Fauria… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Over the past decade, the Arctic has warmed by 0.75° C, far outpacing the global average,
while Antarctic temperatures have remained comparatively stable. As Earth approaches 2° …

Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change

CR Stokes, NJ Abram, MJ Bentley, TL Edwards… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The East Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the vast majority of Earth's glacier ice (about
52 metres sea-level equivalent), but is often viewed as less vulnerable to global warming …

Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

JY Lee, J Marotzke, G Bala, L Cao, S Corti, JP Dunne… - 2021 - ora.ox.ac.uk
This chapter assesses simulations of future global climate change, spanning time horizons
from the near term (2021–2040), mid-term (2041–2060), and long term (2081–2100) out to …

Sea-level rise projections for Sweden based on the new IPCC special report: The ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate

M Hieronymus, O Kalén - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
New sea-level rise projections for Sweden are presented. Compared to earlier projections,
we have here, more carefully, taken regional variations in sea-level rise into consideration …

Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state

A Purich, EW Doddridge - Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In February 2023, Antarctic sea ice set a record minimum; there have now been
three record-breaking low sea ice summers in seven years. Following the summer minimum …

Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater

Q Li, MH England, AMC Hogg, SR Rintoul, AK Morrison - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning
circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean,. The …

The Paris Climate Agreement and future sea-level rise from Antarctica

RM DeConto, D Pollard, RB Alley, I Velicogna… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Paris Agreement aims to limit global mean warming in the twenty-first century to
less than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, and to promote further efforts to limit …

Human influence on the climate system (Chapter 3)

V Eyring, NP Gillett, KM Achuta Rao, R Barimalala… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The AR5 concluded that human influence on the climate system is clear, evident from
increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing …

Investigating carbon footprint and carbon reduction potential using a cradle-to-cradle LCA approach on lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles in China

Q Chen, X Lai, H Gu, X Tang, F Gao, X Han… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium-ion battery (LIB) is one of the core components of electric vehicles (EVs), and its
ecological impacts are significant for the sustainable development of EVs. In this study, the …

Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

TL Edwards, S Nowicki, B Marzeion, R Hock, H Goelzer… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The land ice contribution to global mean sea level rise has not yet been predicted using ice
sheet and glacier models for the latest set of socio-economic scenarios, nor using …