Irreversible ocean thermal expansion under carbon dioxide removal

Ehlert, Dana; Zickfeld, Kirsten

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-197-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-197-2018

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Special issue:

The Earth system at a global warming of 1.5°C and 2.0°C

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-197-2018

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Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Research article

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05 Mar 2018

Research article |

| 05 Mar 2018

Irreversible ocean thermal expansion under carbon dioxide removal

Dana Ehlert and Kirsten Zickfeld

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review Ehlert and Zickfeld', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 May 2017
- AC1: 'Responses to comments from Referee1', Dana Ehlert, 03 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Review of "Irreversible ocean thermal expansion under negative CO2 emissions"', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Response to referee2', Dana Ehlert, 03 Aug 2017
RC3: 'Interactive comments on "Irreversible ocean thermal expansion under negative CO2 emissions” by Dana Ehlert and Kirsten Zickfeld', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Jun 2017
- AC3: 'Response to referee3', Dana Ehlert, 03 Aug 2017
RC4: 'Review of "Irreversible ocean thermal expansion under negative CO2 emissions"', Anonymous Referee #4, 26 Jun 2017
- AC4: 'Response to referee4', Dana Ehlert, 03 Aug 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Aug 2017) by Yun Liu

AR by Dana Ehlert on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Sep 2017) by Yun Liu

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (02 Oct 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Nov 2017) by Yun Liu

AR by Dana Ehlert on behalf of the Authors (15 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Nov 2017) by Yun Liu

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This study uses a global climate model to explore the extent to which sea level rise due to thermal expansion of the ocean is reversible if the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO₂) declines. It is found that sea level continues to rise for several decades after atmospheric CO₂ starts to decline and does not return to the pre-industrial level for over thousand years after atmospheric CO₂ is restored to the pre-industrial concentration.