Ice-free Arctic projections under the Paris Agreement

Ice-free Arctic projections under the Paris Agreement

Ice-free Arctic projections under the Paris Agreement, Published online: 02 April 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0124-y

Nations are currently pursuing efforts to constrain anthropogenic warming to 1.5 °C. In such a world, model projections suggest the Arctic will be ice-free every one in forty years, compared to one in every five under stabilized 2 °C warming.