Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044035
Keywords
global temperature; sea level; ocean; projections; ENSO; El Nino; volcanic eruptions; solar variability
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We analyse global temperature and sea-level data for the past few decades and compare them to projections published in the third and fourth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The results show that global temperature continues to increase in good agreement with the best estimates of the IPCC, especially if we account for the effects of short-term variability due to the El Nino/Southern Oscillation, volcanic activity and solar variability. The rate of sea-level rise of the past few decades, on the other hand, is greater than projected by the IPCC models. This suggests that IPCC sea-level projections for the future may also be biased low.
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