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Committed future ice-shelf melt

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The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a worrying climate tipping point, with the potential to raise global sea level by up to 5.3 metres. Now, an assessment of future climate scenarios suggests that accelerated melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica is locked in, even for the most ambitious emissions reduction scenarios.

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  1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Taimoor Sohail

  2. Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Sohail, T. Committed future ice-shelf melt. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 1164–1165 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01817-y

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