Sea levels could rise more than a meter by 2100: WWF

GENEVA (Reuters) – The world’s seas could rise by more than a meter (3 feet) by 2100 as the melting Arctic has an impact on weather across the planet, the environmental group WWW said in a report on Wednesday.

That projection, roughly twice the sea-level rise cited in U.N. and other research, takes account of the impact of disappearing ice sheets of Greenland and western Antarctica.

Sharply higher seas could also lead to flooding of costal regions, potentially affecting about a quarter of the world’s population, the WWF said.

Reuters