Twin Reports Indicate Oceans May Rise Higher & Much Faster
- John Cornelison
- December 5, 2014
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Two joint studies are out this week and indicate that the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2013’s predictions of a global sea rise of a bit over 3 feet by the end of the century could be way off.
Apparently warm ocean water is already undermining a vast stretch of West Antarctica ice that could release enough water to raise sea levels by up to 11 feet in the next 100-200 years. 13 million people live within 10 vertical feet of the ocean and Miami, New Orleans, and New York City would be the cities most affected.
Read yesterday’s Washington Post’s article for more details on the reports from NOAA and the University of California at Irvine.