Even if global warming emissions were to drop to zero by 2016, scientists project another 1.2 to 2.6 feet of global sea level rise by 2100 as oceans and land ice adjust to the changes we have already made to the atmosphere. Projections for global sea level rise by 2100 range from 8 inches to 6.6 feet above 1992 levels, though the lowest end of this range is a simple extension of historic sea level rise—and recent data indicate this rate has nearly doubled in recent years. The rate and magnitude of the loss of ice sheets, primarily in Greenland and West Antarctica, will have the greatest effect on long-term sea level rise.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:12:36 +0000
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