Antarctic melt may push sea levels to 1.4 metres: study

PARIS

But studies since then show huge loss of ice mass, mainly as a result of warmer ocean temperatures, according to the review by more than 100 experts on the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.

The new evidence suggests that West Antarctica in particular will add “tens of centimetres” to the global ocean watermark, which is predicted to go up two to nine times higher than the IPCC forecast, according to the report