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. 2018 Feb 20;9:601. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-02985-8

Table 2.

Rates of sea-level rise at the end of the 22nd century (2290–2300 mean) for (a) zero CO2 and (b) zero GHG scenarios

Percentile 5.0 16.66 50.0 83.33 95.0
(a)
Peak year 2020 rate 0.3 0.12 0.2 0.39 0.74 1.15
Peak year 2020 rate 0.5 0.11 0.17 0.36 0.59 1.05
Peak year 2020 rate 0.7 0.07 0.16 0.33 0.58 0.88
Peak year 2025 rate 0.3 0.15 0.26 0.46 0.88 1.6
Peak year 2025 rate 0.5 0.11 0.2 0.39 0.74 1.15
Peak year 2025 rate 0.7 0.12 0.2 0.37 0.65 1.16
Peak year 2030 rate 0.5 0.16 0.26 0.45 0.83 1.45
Peak year 2030 rate 0.7 0.12 0.22 0.43 0.78 1.55
Peak year 2035 rate 0.7 0.17 0.25 0.49 0.94 1.76
(b)
Peak year 2020 rate 0.3 −0.17 0.02 0.13 0.3 0.38
Peak year 2020 rate 0.5 −0.27 -0.04 0.06 0.24 0.33
Peak year 2020 rate 0.7 −0.23 -0.03 0.06 0.22 0.29
Peak year 2025 rate 0.3 −0.06 0.07 0.2 0.39 0.54
Peak year 2025 rate 0.5 −0.17 0.0 0.12 0.27 0.43
Peak year 2025 rate 0.7 −0.25 0.0 0.08 0.28 0.41
Peak year 2030 rate 0.5 −0.12 0.05 0.17 0.35 0.47
Peak year 2030 rate 0.7 −0.15 0.02 0.15 0.29 0.37
Peak year 2035 rate 0.7 −0.07 0.06 0.19 0.41 0.58

Units of rates of sea-level rise are cm yr−1. Units for emission reduction rates are GtC yr−2.