Posted on 05/21/2019 3:45:20 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Global sea levels could rise more than two meters (6.6 feet) by the end of this century if emissions continue unchecked, swamping major cities such as New York and Shanghai and displacing up to 187 million people, a new study warns.
The study, which was released Monday, says sea levels may rise much faster than previously estimated due to the accelerating melting of ice sheets in both Greenland and Antarctica.
The international researchers predict that in the worst case scenario under which global temperatures increase by 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, sea levels could rise by more than two meters (6.6 feet) in the same period -- double the upper limit outlined by the UN climate science panel's last major report.
Such a situation would be "catastrophic," the authors of the study warn.
"It really is pretty grim," lead author Jonathan Bamber, a Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Bristol told CNN. "Two meters is not a good scenario."
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Or not.
“Global sea levels could rise more than two meters”
And monkeys might fly out of my ass!
If anyone’s betting on either to occur I’d go with the monkeys!
So the previous predictions were wrong and we shouldn’t trust them?
Where has it risen? No where.
Great. More blue staters moving to the red.
Miami and NOLA will be the first to go.
Until then, collectivism is the bigger threat.
22 Experts(end of ice age guys ?) on ice melting and oceans raising were consulted for the report ,LOL
GOOD, California needs a good coastal rinse!
Howz about we bet that if the sea levels don’t rise by even a fraction of that much, the perps of this sorry sad “science” will kill themselves in front of world-wide coverage?
Maybe some other houses will now become ocean front property.
We should immediately condemn and red tag all homes in Malibu within 1000 feet of the ocean.
So how will this effect the blinded octopi??? ...or the drowning polar bears??? of the ice-free North Pole??? Since these LIB dimwits already said we are all going to die in 11 1/2 years...who gives a rat’s a** about anything???
First it’s not happening. But if the UN report was “settled science” where do we get a study showing the previous report was off by a factor of- 100% ?
Or maybe they won’t
80 years from now but if you give us all your money now it may not happen ,LOL
Exactly
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