melting polar sheets Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:56:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Predicted by 2100 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/catastrophic-sea-level-rise-predicted-by-2100-20130108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/catastrophic-sea-level-rise-predicted-by-2100-20130108/#respond Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:56:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30915 A specially-selected panel of 26 scientific experts is warning that by the end of the century, nearly 200 million people may be forced to leave their homes due to the rising sea level. Melting ice sheets now contribute to 30% of the sea level rise, a marked difference from the 10% in the 1990s. The […]

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