{"id":223239,"date":"2021-04-09T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/current-climate-model-simulations-overestimate-future-sea-level-rise\/"},"modified":"2021-04-09T21:00:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T18:00:02","slug":"current-climate-model-simulations-overestimate-future-sea-level-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/current-climate-model-simulations-overestimate-future-sea-level-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"#Current climate model simulations overestimate future sea-level rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Current climate model simulations overestimate future sea-level rise<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The melting rate of the Antarctic ice sheet is mainly controlled by the increase of ocean temperatures surrounding Antarctica. Using a new, higher-resolution climate model simulation, scientists from Utrecht University found a much slower ocean temperature increase compared to current simulations with a coarser resolution. Consequently, the projected sea-level rise in 100 years is about 25% lower than expected from the current simulations. These results are published today in the journal Science<\/a> Advances<\/i>.<\/p>\n


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Estimates for future sea-level rise are based on a large ensemble of climate model simulations. The output from these simulations helps to understand future climate change and its effects on the sea level. Climate researchers continually aim to improve these models, for example by using a much higher spatial resolution that takes more details into account. “High-resolution simulations can determine the ocean circulation much more accurately,” says Prof. Henk Dijkstra. Together with his Ph.D. candidate Ren\u00e9 van Westen, he has been studying ocean currents in high-resolution climate model simulations over the past few years. <\/p>\n

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The new high-resolution model takes into account ocean eddy processes. An eddy is a large (10-200 km) swirling and turbulent feature in the ocean circulation, which contributes to the transport of heat and salt. Adding ocean eddies into the simulation leads to a more realistic representation of the ocean temperatures surrounding Antarctica, which is key for determining the mass loss of the Antarctic ice sheet. “The Antarctic ice sheet is surrounded by ice shelves which reduce the flow of land ice into the ocean,” Van Westen explains. “Higher ocean temperatures around Antarctica increase the melting of these ice shelves, resulting in an acceleration of land ice into the ocean and consequently leading to more sea-level rise.” <\/p>\n


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