Greenland’s melting ice sheet will cause seas to rise more during this century than in any of the last 120

Ice loss from Greenland's massive ice sheet will cause sea levels to rise more during the 21st century than they have during any 100-year period in the last 12,000 years, even if global warming is held in check, scientists said Wednesday.

But accelerating climate change has destroyed that balance, with the net loss flowing into the north Atlantic. But even in the short term, increases in sea level measured in tens of centimetres will devastate coastal communities around the world. "No matter what the future carbon emissions are going to be, the Greenland ice sheet will lose more ice this century than even during the warmest of times during the past 12,000 years," he told AFP."But it also gives me hope to know that humanity has a say in the future of Greenland and global sea levels."

Capping global warming at under two degrees Celsius, the cornerstone target of the 2015 Paris Agreement, would limit Greenland's contribution to sea level rise at about two centimetres this century, the study found."No doubt we will see impactful sea level rise this century," Mr Briner said. "But without a course correction now, the next century's sea level rise could be life-changing for much of the globe.

Good thing the northern hemisphere is coming into winter then.

jaraparilla Why does the human being believe they can change the natural phenomenon of the earths spin and stop the change of poles shifting. Part of climate change. Its pollution of mother earth which is more important. Clean air and water is needed to sustain life.

Mother nature doing its thing...glad I didn't buy a sea side property......its a natural event....

So how did we deal with the rise 13,000 years ago? We've been here for 50,000 years.

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