Comment on "A semi-empirical approach to projecting future sea-level rise".
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Rahmstorf (Reports, 19 January 2007, p. 368) presented an approach for predicting sea-level rise based on a proposed linear relationship between global mean surface temperature and the rate of global mean sea-level change. We find no such linear relationship. Although we agree that there is considerable uncertainty in the prediction of future sea-level rise, this approach does not meaningfully contribute to quantifying that uncertainty.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 317 5846 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007