Long-Term Sea-Level Rise in a Two-Degree Warmer World

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Acqua alta, Venice, Italy. Photo source: ©© Roberto Trm

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Sea levels around the world can be expected to rise by several metres in coming centuries, if global warming carries on. Even if global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius, global-mean sea level could continue to rise, reaching between 1.5 and 4 metres above present-day levels by the year 2300, with the best estimate being at 2.7 metres, according to a study just published in Nature Climate Change.

However, emissions reductions that allow warming to drop below 1.5 degrees Celsius could limit the rise strongly…

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Long-term sea-level rise implied by 1.5 °C and 2 °C warming levels, Study, Nature Climate Change
Sea-level rise (SLR) is a critical and uncertain climate change risk, involving timescales of centuries.

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Sea Level Rise, Tahiti. Photograph: © SAF

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