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Sea level rise could be double - warning

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:45 pm
by Istik
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22 ... 09,00.html

THE world's sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists have predicted, according to researchers who looked at what happened more than 100,000 years ago, the last time Earth got this hot.

Experts working on the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have suggested a maximum 21st century sea level rise - a key effect of global climate change - of about 0.8m