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To: RealMuLan who wrote (55784)	11/9/2004 11:48:06 AM
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Oceans to Rise One Meter by 2100-Arctic Expert 31 minutes ago Science - Reuters By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Global warming (news - web sites) is melting the Arctic ice faster than expected, and the world's oceans could rise by about a meter (3 feet) by 2100, swamping homes from Bangladesh to Florida, the head of a study said on Tuesday. ... He said a 2001 U.N. report forecast world ocean levels would rise by 20-90 cms by 2100. He said some U.N. forecasts assumed melting Greenland ice would cause just 4 mm of the rise. "We'll be at the top of the range, about a meter," he said. The ACIA report says that Greenland's melt alone could add 10 cms to global sea levels by 2100. Melting of other Arctic glaciers would also contribute. About 17 million people in Bangladesh live less than one meter above sea level. Pacific islands like Tuvalu could be swamped and much of Florida south of Miami would be inundated by a one meter rise. TWICE GLOBAL AVERAGE Much of the rise projected by U.N. surveys in the years to 2100 is because water in the oceans expands as it warms, and so is not directly connected to melting ice. At the other end of the globe from the Arctic, the thicker Antarctic ice is expected to stay more stable, like a deep freeze ... story.news.yahoo.com