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Title: Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to assessment users
Future sea-level change is characterized by both quantifiable and unquantifiable uncertainties. Effective communication of both types of uncertainty is a key challenge in translating sea-level science to inform long-term coastal planning. Scientific assessments play a key role in the translation process and have taken diverse approaches to communicating sea-level projection uncertainty. Here we review how past IPCC and regional assessments have presented sea-level projection uncertainty, how IPCC presentations have been interpreted by regional assessments and how regional assessments and policy guidance simplify projections for practical use. This information influenced the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report presentation of quantifiable and unquantifiable uncertainty, with the goal of preserving both elements as projections are adapted for regional application.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2103754
PAR ID:
10423916
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Nature Climate Change
ISSN:
1758-678X
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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