Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12687272

By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News



From satellite data and climate models, scientists calculate that the two polar ice sheets are losing enough ice to raise sea levels by 1.3mm each year.

Overall, sea levels are rising by about 3mm (0.12 inches) per year.

Writing in Geophysical Research Letters, the team says ice loss here is speeding up faster than models predict.

If present trends continue, sea level is likely to be significantly higher than levels projected by the IPCC”

They add their voices to several other studies that have concluded sea levels will rise faster than projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its landmark 2007 assessment.

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