Successful Paris Agreement could halve ice loss by 2100

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C could halve the amount of Antarctic land ice lost by the end of the century, but maintaining current emissions – projected to raise global temperatures by 3°C by 2100 – will accelerate ice sheet loss and sea level rise past a point-of-no-return by 2060, according to two papers published today in Nature.

Full article: https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/successful-paris-agreement-could-halve-ice-loss-by-2100/


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