Big Sea Level rise forecasted

Posted By Sara-Lise Haith on Sunday May 11, 2008 @ 13:45 in Scuba

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According to a new scientific analysis , sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half metres by the end of this century. These findings were presented at a major science conference in Vienna.

The research group is not the first to suggest that the IPCC's forecast of an average rise in global sea levels of 28-43cm by 2100 is too conservative.

This is substantially more than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecast in last year's landmark assessment of climate science.

Sea level rise of this magnitude would have major impacts on low-lying countries, like Bangladesh.

Photo from the BBC.

The new analysis comes from a UK/Finnish team which has built a computer model linking temperatures to sea levels for the last two millennia.

More on this interesting article on the BBC website at this link.