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Mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants slows sea-level rise

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  • Aixue Hu

    (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

  • Yangyang Xu

    (Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California)

  • Claudia Tebaldi

    (National Center for Atmospheric Research
    Climate Central)

  • Warren M. Washington

    (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

  • Veerabhadran Ramanathan

    (Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California)

Abstract

Short-lived climate pollutants are known to contribute to global warming, but the impact of this increased temperature on sea-level rise due to thermal expansion is not known. Curbing emissions of these pollutants is shown to significantly reduce the rate of sea-level rise by 24–50% by 2100; however, delaying mitigation by 25 years reduces the impact on sea-level rise by about a third.

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  • Aixue Hu & Yangyang Xu & Claudia Tebaldi & Warren M. Washington & Veerabhadran Ramanathan, 2013. "Mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants slows sea-level rise," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(8), pages 730-734, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:8:d:10.1038_nclimate1869
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1869
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