ECOS

The recent IPCC Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate provides updated science on how polar regions, mountains, oceans and coasts are being affected by the changing climate faster than previously thought, with serious implications for sea-level rise and ocean ecosystems.

Climate projections provide important information to help make decisions about the future, but projecting what the climate is likely to look like in 10 or 100 years is a little different to predicting tomorrow’s weather.