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SUMMARY:Is sea level rise accelerating and what are the implications for c
 oastal flooding?  - Dr Ivan Haigh\, Ocean and Earth Science\, National Oce
 anography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton
DTSTART:20181108T161500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Sea-level rise is one of the most certain and costliest impact
 s of climate change. The Paris Agreement committed signatories to ‘Holdi
 ng the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above
  pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature incr
 ease to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels recognizing that this would sig
 nificantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change’. However\, wh
 ile reducing human emissions of greenhouse gases will stabilise temperatur
 e and other climate factors\, sea-level rise will continue for many centur
 ies. This is due to the long timescale of cryospheric adjustment to elevat
 ed air temperatures (especially the large ice sheets)\, and the long times
 cale of the deep ocean temperature warming to surface warming. In this pre
 sentation I will describe a novel approach we have developed to project se
 a-level rise out to 2300 to accurately assess our ‘commitment to sea-lev
 el rise’. I will then go on to describe how sea level rise will impact c
 oastal flooding around the UK. \n\nIvan Haigh is an associated professor i
 n Ocean and Earth Science\, University of Southampton\, based at the prest
 igious National Oceanography Centre\, Southampton. He is passionate about 
 all things relating to sea level. Him and his team investigate variations 
 in sea level from time-scales of seconds (waves)\, to days (tides and stor
 m surges)\, through to long-term century scale rises in mean sea level\, a
 nd its impact on the coast.\n
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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