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Sea levels will continue to rise around the world long after current carbon emissions pledges made through the Paris climate agreement are met and global temperatures stabilize, a new study indicates.
The new study is the first to quantify how much sea level would rise from the carbon emissions pledged under the Paris agreement. The researchers found that emissions released during the initial 15-year period of the agreement would cause sea levels to rise by about 20 centimeters by the year 2300…
Read Full Article; Science Daily (11-04-2019)
Rising sea levels pose threat to homes of 300m people – study; Guardian UK (10-29-2019)
More than three times more people are at risk from rising sea levels than previously believed, research suggests…