New research suggests an additional 2 degrees of global warming could commit the planet to 6 to 9 meters (20 to 30 feet) of long-term sea level rise as vulnerable polar ice sheets melt. This rise would inundate low-lying coastal areas where hundreds of millions of people now reside. Above, Greenland ice sheet photographed from an airplane. (Credit: Hannes Grobe/Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
PRINCETON (US)—The planet’s polar ice sheets are vulnerable to large-scale melting even under moderate global warming scenarios. Such melting would lead to a large and relatively rapid rise in global sea level, submerging many coastal areas. Continue…
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‘Fixable’ error undercuts climate laws
PRINCETON (US)—A group of scientists has issued a report identifying a critical—but correctable—accounting error affecting climate legislation that could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. (more…)
