| Literature DB >> 15774757 |
Gerald A Meehl1, Warren M Washington, William D Collins, Julie M Arblaster, Aixue Hu, Lawrence E Buja, Warren G Strand, Haiyan Teng.
Abstract
Two global coupled climate models show that even if the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere had been stabilized in the year 2000, we are already committed to further global warming of about another half degree and an additional 320% sea level rise caused by thermal expansion by the end of the 21st century. Projected weakening of the meridional overturning circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean does not lead to a net cooling in Europe. At any given point in time, even if concentrations are stabilized, there is a commitment to future climate changes that will be greater than those we have already observed.Entities:
Year: 2005 PMID: 15774757 DOI: 10.1126/science.1106663
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728