A High-End Estimate of Sea Level Rise for Practitioners.

ABSTRACT: Sea level rise (SLR) is a long-lasting consequence of climate change because global anthropogenic warming takes centuries to millennia to equilibrate for the deep ocean and ice sheets. SLR projections based on climate models support policy analysis, risk assessment and adaptation planning today, despite their large uncertainties. The central range of the SLR distribution is estimated by process-based models. However, risk-averse practitioners often require information about plausible future conditions that lie in the tails of the SLR distribution, which are poorly defined by existing models. Here, a community effort combining scientists and practitioners builds on a framework of discussing physical evidence to quantify high-end global SLR for practitioners. The approach is complementary to

SUBMITTER: van de Wal RSW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9787942 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature