UN panel sees seas rising up to 59 cms by 2100
Paris, Feb 2: World sea levels are likely to rise by up to 59 cms by 2100 and bigger gains cannot be ruled out if ice in Greenland and Antarctica thaws, the UN climate panel said today.
A climate report issued at talks in Paris said seas were set to gain by 18-59 cms, a narrower range than forecast in a 2001 report that had predicted a rise between 9 and 88 cms. It said there was better understanding of how water expands as it warms.
But
it
said
that
''larger
values
cannot
be
excluded''
and
that
it
was
impossible
to
give
a
best
estimate
of
sea
level
rises
because
of
a
lack
of
understanding
about
ice
sheets
covering
Antarctica
and
Greenland.
REUTERS
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Story first published: Friday, February 2, 2007, 14:50 [IST]