Dr James Hansen — Human Warming Pushing Seas Toward Exponential Rise of Several Meters This Century

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Continued high fossil fuel emissions this century are predicted to yield … nonlinearly growing sea level rise, reaching several meters over a timescale of 50–150 years. Statement from a new scientific study led by Dr James Hansen entitled Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise, and Superstorms.

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This week, Dr James Hansen and colleagues published one hell of a groundbreaking bit of scientific research. It’s a multi-disciplinary study incorporating the work of 19 top climate scientists, glaciologists, paleoclimatologists, and other Earth Systems researchers. Scientists from NASA, GEOMAR, JPL, and other top research agencies including recognized names like Dr Eric Rignot and Dr Makiko Sato all appear on the contributors list.

Global mean sea level change

(Rates of sea level rise since 1900 and associated with a 1.1 C jump in global temperatures have already shown a non-linear progression. Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise, and Superstorms attempts to pin down just how fast glacial melt…

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4 thoughts on “Dr James Hansen — Human Warming Pushing Seas Toward Exponential Rise of Several Meters This Century

  1. Hey, who cares, eh? It’s all about continued Growth and so-called Progress. Nothing said about this on the “news programs” because we humans are clothed in Denial–about ourselves, our increasing violence and decline of society– and what is happening to this planet. Now, on to the political news……

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