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I was surprised by your affirmation, as I had the (apparently wrong) assumption that sea levels would increase by at least a few meter in the century. However,
by Majestic121 7y ago
I was surprised by your affirmation, as I had the (apparently wrong) assumption that sea levels would increase by at least a few meter in the century.
However, the IPCC (UN group in charge of research for climate change) does predict an increase of ~0.2 to 0.5m (basically a foot) of the sea level in the next century.
Here is the source for interested people : https://archive.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/faq-5-1.html https://archive.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/faq...
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- mantap 7y agoI don't understand how subsidence of land under glaciers limits sea level rise, could you explain it more?
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