Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Watery world: sea level rising 60 percent faster than predicted

Mongabay: Sea levels are rising 60 percent faster than Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated, according to a new study in the open access Environmental Research Letters. In addition to imperiling coastal regions and islands, global sea level rise is worsening the damage inflicted by extreme weather such as Hurricane Sandy, which recently brought catastrophic flooding to the New Jersey coast and New York City. "This study shows once again that the IPCC is far from alarmist, but in...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1128-hance-sea-level-ipcc.html
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