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Following cessation of emissions, removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide decreases radiative forcing, but is largely compensated by slower loss of heat to the ocean, so that atmospheric temperatures do not drop significantly for at least 1,000 years. Among illustrative irreversible impacts that should be expected if atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increase from current levels near 385 parts per million by volume (ppmv) to a peak of 450\u2013600 ppmv over the coming century are irreversible dry-season rainfall reductions in several regions comparable to those of the \u201cdust bowl\u201d era and inexorable sea level rise. 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