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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 11:15 PM
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Ice loss could push sea levels above estimates-report
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Source: Reuters

Increasing loss of ice from Antarctica and Greenland could cause sea levels to exceed U.N. estimates by 2100, an Australian government-backed report says, with the extent of the rise still uncertain.

The U.N. Climate Panel says seas could rise by 18-59 cm (7-24 inches) by 2100. It also raised the possibility of an additional 20 cm rise if polar ice sheets dumped ever greater amounts of ice into the ocean.

That assessment was based on scientific knowledge up to 2005.

"There is now emerging evidence that sea level rise by 2100 might exceed this," says the report released on Friday that reviews the latest science and is meant to guide policy-makers.

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