Sentences with phrase «sea level rise of several meters»
«If we get sea level rise of several meters, all coastal cities become dysfunctional,» he said.
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About 15,000 years ago, the ocean around Antarctica has seen an abrupt sea level rise of several meters.
«If the southern ocean forcing (subsurface warming) of the Antarctic ice sheets continues to grow, it likely will become impossible to avoid sea level rise of several meters, with the largest uncertainty being how rapidly it will occur,» the report states.
It leads to sea level rise of several meters, changes in ocean circulation, slow - down of AMOC etc..
The paleoclimate record and changes underway in the Arctic and on the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets with only today's warming imply that sea level rise of several meters could be expected.
According to a new study, sea level rise of several meters might happen faster then previously thought.
The paleoclimate record and changes underway in the Arctic and on the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets with only today's warming imply that sea level rise of several meters could be expected.
The paper suggests that previous models for climate change are too conservative and that a sea level rise of several meters might swallow up our coasts in this century, if governments fail to rapidly and substantially diminish fossil fuel emissions.
James Hansen, the former NASA scientist whose congressional testimony put global warming on the world's agenda a quarter - century ago, is now warning that humanity could confront «sea level rise of several meters» before the end of the century unless greenhouse gas emissions are slashed much faster than currently contemplated.