Sea levels could rise up to 22 metres due to global warming

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 13:04

Sea levels could rise up to 22 metres in the future due to global warming, says a new study.

Sea-level rise may be lower than earlier estimates

Last Updated: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 13:09

A new study has lowered past estimates of sea-level rise, but warns that it’s still a drastic change.

`Rising sea level greatest climate change threat`

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 16:24

The rise of the sea level would be the greatest threat to the world in the days to come.

Rising temperature leads to fastest sea level rise

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 10:46

Kemp and colleagues developed the first continuous sea-level reconstruction for the past 2,000 years, and compared variations in global temperature to changes in sea level over that time period.

Rising oceans will impact humans well beyond coasts

Last Updated: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 16:16

Analysis of rising sea level makes it clear that planning ahead will be crucial.

Polar ice melt ``accelerating rapidly, raising sea level``

Last Updated: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 18:38

The study suggests that ice sheets have become "the dominant contributor to global sea level rise.

Melting glaciers to cause 12 cm increase in sea-level by 2100

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 15:22

A new study has found that melt off from small mountain glaciers and ice caps will contribute about 12 centimetres to world sea-level increases by 2100.

Sea level rise to continue for centuries: Pachauri

Last Updated: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 13:06

Pachauri has asked coastal states to fix their infrastructure and programmes to meet sea level rise.

Churning of Earth`s molten interior behind sea level changes

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 11:29

An Australian expert has said that the churning of the Earth’s molten interior may have played a vital role in sea level change over the past two to 20 million years.