Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 16:28

Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.


 

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