Monday, December 31, 2012

Global warming research eyes ‘runaway’ ice melt

Summit Voice: Most climate models are probably underestimating the rate of sea level rise expected during the next few decades, according to some of the latest research that tries to quantify how much ice may melt off the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets. A Dec. 26 update by James Hansen and Makiko Sato warns that melting of those ice sheets could increase sea level rise exponentially higher than most existing forecasts, potentially inundating coastal cities around the world with several feet of water by...

URL: http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/12/31/global-warming-research-eyes-runaway-ice-melt/
Enclosure: http://summitvoice.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/ice-pano.jpg?w=468&h=243

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