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Climate forecasts underestimate sea-rise impact of Antarctic thaw

2016-03-31 15:08:02| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Sea levels could rise 50 cm (20 inches) more this century than had been expected, according to a report published on Wednesday which found that Antarctic ice will melt faster than previously thought. Climate scientists at two U.S. universities said the most recent U.N. report on the effects of global warming had underestimated the rate at which the ice covering the continent would melt. That report, issued in 2013, said the worst case of man-made climate change would mean a sea-level rise of...

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