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Land areas are
projected to warm more than the oceans with the greatest warming at high latitudes Annual mean temperature change, 2071 to 2100 relative to 1990:
Global Average in 2085 = 3.1 o C
The report singles out coastal
areas, including low - lying island nations, as hot spots of elevated risk that may not be completely manageable due to the steady climb in
global sea levels
projected to take place during the rest of this century, as the planet warms and
land - based ice sheets melt.