Trumping all previous estimates, one German climatologist believes global sea levels could rise as much as 140 centimeters by the end of the century. That could mean catastrophic hurricanes and floods. But other experts discount the significance of the new model.
It may soon be time to bring out the rubber boots -- and coastal barriers. A new semi-empirical study by researcher Stefan Rahmstorf, a German oceanographer at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) predicts that global sea levels could rise anywhere from 50 to 140 centimeters this century.
Current projections of future global sea levels predict a rise of anywhere from nine to 88 centimeters, but Rahmstorf argues that these figures are unreliable.
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