Fig. 2: WAIS and AIS response to GHG emissions and solar climate intervention scenarios. | Nature Climate Change

Fig. 2: WAIS and AIS response to GHG emissions and solar climate intervention scenarios.

From: Climate intervention on a high-emissions pathway could delay but not prevent West Antarctic Ice Sheet demise

Fig. 2

a,e, West Antarctic sea-level-equivalent ice-volume change (median and standard deviation) in the scenarios RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 (a) as well as SRM85-20, -40, -60 and -80 (e). b,f, AIS sea-level-equivalent ice-volume change (median and minimum/maximum ensemble members) in the RCP scenarios (b) as well as SRM85 scenarios (f). c,g, AIS change in ice-shelf area (relative to 1993–2017) in the RCP scenarios (c) as well as SRM85 scenarios (g). d,h, Annual Antarctic ice loss in gigatonnes in the RCP scenarios (d) as well as SRM85 scenarios (h). All time series shown as 20 yr running mean. Box plots next to panels illustrate the statistical distribution (17 ensemble members) at the year ce 3000 with median (black line) and interquartile range of ensemble (box); whiskers extend to the farthest ensemble member within 1.5 times the interquartile ensemble range (outliers are depicted by black dots).

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