Former Nasa researcher and father of climate change awareness says melting of ice sheets could cause several meters’ rise in a century,swamping coastal citiesThe current rate of global warming could raise sea levels by “several meters” over the coming century, rendering most of the world’s coastal cities uninhabitable and helping unleash devastating storms, or according to a paper published by James Hansen,the former Nasa scientist who is considered the father of contemporary climate change awareness.
The research, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, or references past climatic conditions,recent observations and future models to warn the melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets will contribute to a far worse sea level increase than previously thought.
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Source: theguardian.com