The Big Melt Coming Faster Than Expected

Beaches, islands and even continents are shrinking as ocean levels rise ever higher due to the accelerating meltdown of the world’s glaciers and polar ice due to climate change.

Many of the world’s major cities, including Bangkok, London, Miami and New York, could be flooded by the end of the century, according to a new analysis of current temperatures in the Arctic region published in the journal Science. By then, global temperatures will be an average of three degrees C. higher than now — or about as hot as it was nearly 130,000 years ago, when ocean levels were four to six metres higher.

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