• We should adapt to the more vertiginous timescales involved: the CO2 emitted today will modify the carbon cycle for 100 years, and the slow components of the climate system (the ocean depths, continental glaciers) will have their dynamics altered for several centuries.

• Another study integrated the long-term records of sea ice and ocean circulation over Arctic continental shelves.

• Mediterranean regions and continental Europe will experience decreases due to more frequent droughts.