"Worst Case" Sea Level Rise Due to Global Warming Moderated By Met Office

According to the Met Office, alarming predictions that global warming could cause sea levels to rise 6ft in the next century are wrong.

The forecast made by the influential 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which would have seen cities around the world submerged by water, now looks unlikely.

Most probably, sea level rise this century will remain between 8 and 23 inches (20-60cm), causing devastation in small island states and low lying countries like Bangladesh.

However, the Met report says the IPCC was right to warn of a sea level rise of up to 2ft by 2100, and that a 3ft rise could happen.

The IPCC underestimated the danger posed by the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the release of methane from warmer wetlands but by and large, the report reinforces the IPCC's findings.

The Met Office analysis comes as world ministers fly to Cancun, Mexico, for the second week of UN climate change talks.

Well, when it comes to climate talks, it is usually hot air and no action. Alarmist hyperbole or not, I think people have to realize that global warming cannot be ignored.

As the science of global warming is inaccurate, there are always differing opinions on global warming effects and how much sea level will rise. Waiting for experts to come to a conclusion may be too late to take preventive actions.

Will we see anything concrete from the UN climate change talks or economic progress comes first again?

[Telegraph]