Green Options » Ice Bergs http://greenoptions.com/tag/ice-bergs Posts tagged 'Ice Bergs' Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:25:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en More Clues as to how Climate Change may Affect Global Sea Levels http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/28/more-clues-as-to-how-climate-change-may-affect-global-sea-levels/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/28/more-clues-as-to-how-climate-change-may-affect-global-sea-levels/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:25:48 +0000 Ben Robinson http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/28/more-clues-as-to-how-climate-change-may-affect-global-sea-levels/ A report published today in the journal Science helps to reveal more about the possible effects of climate change on global sea level. According to the 2007 4th Assessment Report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ice shelf breakup is a major contributor to global sea level rise:

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“Taken together, the ice sheets in Greenland and
Antarctica have very likely been contributing to sea
level rise over 1993 to 2003.”  IPCC 4th Assessment Report

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