Timing of emergence of modern rates of sea-level rise by 1863. Walker, J. S., Kopp, R. E., Little, C. M., & Horton, B. P. Nature Communications, 13(1):966, February, 2022. Number: 1 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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Sea-level rise is a significant indicator of broader climate changes, and the time of emergence concept can be used to identify when modern rates of sea-level rise emerged above background variability. Yet a range of estimates of the timing persists both globally and regionally. Here, we use a global database of proxy sea-level records of the Common Era (0–2000 CE) and show that globally, it is very likely that rates of sea-level rise emerged above pre-industrial rates by 1863 CE (P = 0.9; range of 1825 [P = 0.66] to 1873 CE [P = 0.95]), which is similar in timing to evidence for early ocean warming and glacier melt. The time of emergence in the North Atlantic reveals a distinct spatial pattern, appearing earliest in the mid-Atlantic region (1872–1894 CE) and later in Canada and Europe (1930–1964 CE). Regional and local sea-level changes occurring over different time periods drive the spatial pattern in emergence, suggesting regional processes underlie centennial-timescale sea-level variability over the Common Era.
@article{walker_timing_2022,
	title = {Timing of emergence of modern rates of sea-level rise by 1863},
	volume = {13},
	copyright = {2022 The Author(s)},
	issn = {2041-1723},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28564-6},
	doi = {10.1038/s41467-022-28564-6},
	abstract = {Sea-level rise is a significant indicator of broader climate changes, and the time of emergence concept can be used to identify when modern rates of sea-level rise emerged above background variability. Yet a range of estimates of the timing persists both globally and regionally. Here, we use a global database of proxy sea-level records of the Common Era (0–2000 CE) and show that globally, it is very likely that rates of sea-level rise emerged above pre-industrial rates by 1863 CE (P = 0.9; range of 1825 [P = 0.66] to 1873 CE [P = 0.95]), which is similar in timing to evidence for early ocean warming and glacier melt. The time of emergence in the North Atlantic reveals a distinct spatial pattern, appearing earliest in the mid-Atlantic region (1872–1894 CE) and later in Canada and Europe (1930–1964 CE). Regional and local sea-level changes occurring over different time periods drive the spatial pattern in emergence, suggesting regional processes underlie centennial-timescale sea-level variability over the Common Era.},
	language = {en},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2024-01-29},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	author = {Walker, Jennifer S. and Kopp, Robert E. and Little, Christopher M. and Horton, Benjamin P.},
	month = feb,
	year = {2022},
	note = {Number: 1
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group},
	keywords = {Climate change, Ocean sciences, Palaeoclimate},
	pages = {966},
}

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