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Arctic climate feedbacks: global implications [1]

This report addresses sea-level rise and the associated flooding of coastal regions and it s the first-of-its kind assessment incorporating the fate of the ice sheets of Greenland and West Antarctica into global sea level projections. Says that that sea-levels will very likely rise by more than one meter by 2100 -- more than twice the amount given in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Martin Sommerkorn [2], Susan Joy Hassol [3]
WWF International Arctic Programme [4]
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems [5], Glaciers [6], Atmosphere [7], Climate Change [8], Global Warming [9], Climate Impacts [10], Sea Level Rise [11], Carbon Sinks [12]
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