New research has indicated that sea levels are likely to rise more than the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change has predicted. The IPCC forecast a rise of between 28cm and 43cm by 2100 but a latest study by the Proudman Laboratory suggests that the rise could be between 800cm and 1500 cm. This higher figure [...]
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