Predicted Rise in Sea Levels May Be Way Short
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 11th, 2009 4:42 am by HL
Predicted Rise in Sea Levels May Be Way Short
A team of researchers has found that sea levels could rise up to three times higher over the next century than U.N. estimates have indicated. The findings have dire implications for the 600 million people who live in vulnerable areas. Scientists gathered in Denmark said they expect polar and glacial melting to accelerate.
BBC:
Scientists at a climate change summit in Copenhagen said earlier UN estimates were too low and that sea levels could rise by a metre or more by 2100.
The projections did not include the potential impact of polar melting and ice breaking off, they added.
The implications for millions of people would be “severe”, they warned.
Ten per cent of the world’s population—about 600 million people—live in low-lying areas.
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