Response of ice sheets, sea-ice and sea level in climate stabilisation and reversibility simulations using a state-of-the-art Earth System Model
Robin S. Smith,Tarkan A. Bilge,Thomas J. Bracegirdle,Paul R. Holland,Till Kuhlbrodt,Charlotte Lang,Spencer Liddicoat,Tom Mitcham,Jane Mulcahy,Kaitlin A. Naughten,Andrew Orr,Julien Palmieri,Antony J. Payne,Steven Rumbold,Marc Stringer,Ranjini Swaminathan,Sarah Taylor,Jeremy Walton,and Colin Jones
There is a dangerous amount of uncertainty in our predictions of climate change in polar regions because some of feedbacks that might lead to changes that are too rapid for us to adapt to, or that cannot be reversed. We have run a set of simulations with a state-of-the-art Earth System Model that helps improve our understanding of how climate in these regions might change. Some of the aspects we investigate are reversible but many are not, especially those affecting ice sheets and sea level.
There is a dangerous amount of uncertainty in our predictions of climate change in polar regions...