2009Dec1: Global sea levels are likely to rise by about 1.4m by 2100 as polar ice melts, according to a Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) report titled “Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment”. “Warmer water is getting under the edges of the West Antarctic ice sheet and accelerating the flow of ice into the ocean,” said John Turner from the British Antarctic Survey and lead editor of the report (BBC).
Reference: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8387137.stm
Read SCAR’s Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment report http://www.scar.org/publications/occasionals/acce.html
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