Seas may rise 10 yards during centuries ahead

Grist: Sea-level rise is currently measured in millimeters per year, but longer-term effects of global warming are going to force our descendants to measure sea-level rise in meters or yards. Each Celsius degree of global warming is expected to raise sea levels during the centuries ahead by 2.3 meters, or 2.5 yards, according to a study published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The world is currently trying (and failing) to reach an agreement that would limit global warming......

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