Sea-level commitment as a gauge for climate policy

A well-defined relationship between global mean sea-level rise and cumulative carbon emissions can be used to inform policy about emission limits to prevent dangerous and essentially

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College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Peter U. Clark, Alan C. Mix & David J. Wrathall * School of Earth and Ocean Sciences,

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