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New German research and computer modelling suggests that nations around the Atlantic Ocean may suffer initially from greater sea level rises than the rest of the world if Greenland and Antarctic ice melts. In the first few decades Europe could witness sea levels 6 times higher than previously predicted and the US 30 times greater. Currently only one team of scientists are making such predictions. The full paper is available at the American Geophysical Union.

Response of the global ocean to Greenland and Antarctic ice melting -
D. Stammer, Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

New Scientist article

Last update : 05-09-2008 07:53

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