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Politics : Politics of Energy

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To: Bilow who wrote (50810)5/6/2014 9:37:12 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 86356
 
"if you retreat from claiming that "air temperature warming is going to doom us" to "sea level rise is going to doom us"

Air temperature warming will cause sea level rise and many other events, most of which will have catastrophic consequences for mankind.

11.3 inches?

Expert assessment of sea-level rise by AD 2100 and AD 2300

For the unmitigated warming scenario (RCP 8.5), the likely ranges are 0.7–1.2 m by AD 2100 and 2–3 m by AD 2300.
sciencedirect.com

I think it will be 4-6 feet.


For the red scenario, about half of the experts (51%) gave 1.5 meters or higher for this, a quarter (27%) even 2 meters or higher. -

see also realclimate.org
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