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> STORY: NEW STUDY OUTLINES ALARMING SEA LEVEL RISE POSSIBILITIES
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> July 21, 2015
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> A new and controversial study paints an alarming view of sea level rise and climate scenarios in the next 50 to 200 years.
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> Former NASA scientist Jim Hansen, now an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, and 16 other researchers, have published “a lengthy study outlining an scenario of potentially rapid sea level rise combined with more intense storm systems.”
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> In the new study, Hansen and his colleagues suggest that the “doubling time” for ice loss from West Antarctica — the time period over which the amount of loss could double — could be as short as 10 years. In other words, a non-linear process could be at work, triggering major sea level rise in a time frame of 50 to 200 years. By contrast, Hansen and colleagues note, the IPCC assumed more of a linear process, suggesting only around 1 meter <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/30/climate-scientists-arent-too-alarmist-theyre-too-conservative/> of sea level rise, at most, by 2100.
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> Read the full news story in the Washington Post: The world’s most famous climate scientist just outlined an alarming scenario for our planet’s future <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/07/20/the-worlds-most-famous-climate-scientist-just-outlined-an-alarming-scenario-for-our-planets-future/>
> The study will be published online in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics <http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/volumes_and_issues.html> Discussion <http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/volumes_and_issues.html>.