Sentences with phrase «projected global average sea level rise»

The most recent report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projected a global average sea level rise of between about one to three feet, although that report did not take the new findings on Antarctic ice melt into account.

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The report finds that the U.S. is particularly vulnerable to projected sea level rise; areas such as the Northeast and western Gulf of Mexico could face rates that exceed global average sea level rise.

For example, the latest (fifth) assessment report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that the global average sea level rise over the course of the 21st century would be in the range of 10 to 32 inches, with a mean value of about 19 inches.

Each base's exposure is calculated based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to in this analysis as «intermediate»), which projects a global average increase of 3.7 feet above 2012 levels, by 2100; and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of increase, which projects a global average increase of 6.3 feet.

Although the IPCC climate models have performed remarkably well in projecting average global surface temperature warming thus far, Rahmstorf et al. (2012) found that the IPCC underestimated global average sea level rise since 1993 by 60 %.

Global average sea level is projected to rise by 18 to 59 cm by the end of the 21st century (2090 - 2099), depending on the scenario (Table 3).

If we do nothing to reduce our carbon emissions, scientists project that global sea level could rise as much as nearly two feet (59 centimeters) over recent average levels by the end of this century.14, 15 If, on the other hand, we make significant efforts to reduce heat - trapping emissions, sea - level rise between now and the end of the century could be limited to at most 1.25 feet (38 centimeters).14, 15

By the late 21st century, climate models project that sea level will rise up to a foot higher than the global average along the northeast US coastline, resulting in a dramatic increase in regional coastal flood risk.

Sea level is projected to rise by another 1 to 4 feet in this century, although the rise in sea level in specific regions is expected to vary from this global average for a number of reasoSea level is projected to rise by another 1 to 4 feet in this century, although the rise in sea level in specific regions is expected to vary from this global average for a number of reasosea level in specific regions is expected to vary from this global average for a number of reasons.

Different approaches have been used to compute the mean rate of 20th century global mean sea level (GMSL) rise from the available tide gauge data: computing average rates from only very long, nearly continuous records; using more numerous but shorter records and filters to separate nonlinear trends from decadal - scale quasi-periodic variability; neural network methods; computing regional sea level for specific basins then averaging; or projecting tide gauge records onto empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) computed from modern altimetry or EOFs from ocean models.

If this rate were maintained, the ice sheets would make a measurable but minor contribution to the global sea level rise from other sources, which has been 1 - 2 mm / yr averaged over the past century and 3mm / yr for 1993 - 2003, and is projected to average 1 - 9 mm / yr for the coming century (see IPCC Third Assessment Report).

Sea levels in New York City are rising at almost twice the global average rate, and the NPCC projects that sea levels will continue to rise in the coming decades, which will put more residents, buildings and infrastructure at riSea levels in New York City are rising at almost twice the global average rate, and the NPCC projects that sea levels will continue to rise in the coming decades, which will put more residents, buildings and infrastructure at risea levels will continue to rise in the coming decades, which will put more residents, buildings and infrastructure at risk.