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...Levels The IPCC predicts a rise in sea levels of 18-59 cm. But the assessment doesn't account for the possibility of accelerated glacial melting posited in a recent Science study, which estimated that seas could rise as much as 1.4 m by the end of the century-enough to swamp low-lying coastal cities...
...Hurricanes The IPCC said it's "more likely than not" that man-made factors are responsible for tropical storms' increased intensities-a much stronger statement than in the past. The World Meteorological Organization said last November that it could not link stronger storms to global warming...
Consider the case closed on global warming. The assessment released this month by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded for the first time that evidence of the earth's rising temperatures was "unequivocal" and that this warming was more than 90% likely to be the result of human activity. The report's authors--some 600 scientists from 40 countries--also noted that we are locked into more climate change. Even if all greenhouse-gas emissions miraculously ended today, the earth would continue to warm through the rest of the century because of the amount of carbon...
Depending on greenhouse-gas emissions, global temperatures will probably rise between about 2?F and 12?F by 2100. If carbon levels double from the preindustrial norm--which many experts deem very likely--the IPCC predicts a warming of about 5?F as well as longer and more intense heat waves...
...IPCC said it is "more likely than not" that man-made factors are responsible for the increased intensity of tropical storms--a much stronger statement than scientists have made in the past. For instance, the World Meteorological Organization this fall said it couldn't link stronger storms to global warming...