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  • Climate forecasts underestimate sea-rise impact of Antarctic thaw: study
    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-antarctica-idUSKCN0WW239

    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 between 52 and 98 cm by 2100. The new study suggests the real rise could be 1.5 meters (5 ft), posing an even greater threat to cities from New York to Shanghai.

    [...] Wednesday’s study projected that #Antarctica could contribute more than 13 meters of sea level rise by 2500 if the air and #oceans keep warming.