Latest Scientists' Views of Sea Level Rise
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, February 2007:
Experts who say the IPCC report is still the best overview:
Jonathan Gregory, University of Reading, England (IPCC lead author)
Reto Knutti, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (IPCC lead author)
Pierre Friedlingstein, Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Sciences, France (IPCC lead author)
Experts who see risks of higher rises:
John Moore, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: "Most people looking at it are thinking more in terms of a metre...a model we have based on the observational record of sea level in the past 150 years predicts 1-2 metres by the end of this century."
Kim Holmen, Norwegian Polar Institute: "I think it will be more. The IPCC builds on published results and the accelerated melting we see in Greenland and some of the signs in Antarctica indicate that there might be more rapid flux of glacial ice into the ocean than previously believed."
Stefan Rahmstorf, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: "I think that substantial parts of the scientific community think that this IPCC range is unfortunately not the full story and we could have substantially higher rises...It's my view that more than a metre of sea level rise can't be ruled out."
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