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Chilling animation shows how much sea level has risen in 30 years | News | Independent TV Rising Sea Levels, Sea Level Rise, What Is Happening, Sea Level, 30 Years, Nasa, The Sea, The Past, Tv

A chilling animation from Nasa shows how far the sea level has risen in the past 30 years. In the visualisation, the average level rises by over 10cm between 1993 and 2022. “As the planet warms and polar ice melts, our global average sea level is rising,” Nasa wrote, sharing the video. Rising sea levels increase the risk of coastal flooding, shoreline erosion and hazards from storms. Created for Nasa’s Scientific Visualization Studio, the animation is seen from the perspective of a boat’s…

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The polar ice caps and the Greenland ice sheet are melting six times faster than they were in the 1990s. The high melt rate corresponds to the “worst case scenario” model for global warming set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and means that without sweeping curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, the planet will see a 17-centimetre rise in sea level in just 80 years, putting about 400 million people at risk of annual coastal flooding. Melting Ice Caps, Melting Glaciers, Rising Sea Levels, Glaciers Melting, Polar Climate, Ice Sheet, London Pictures, Sea Level Rise, Fossil Fuels

The polar ice caps and the Greenland ice sheet are melting six times faster than they were in the 1990s. The high melt rate corresponds to the “worst case scenario” model for global warming set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and means that without sweeping curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, the planet will see a 17-centimetre rise in sea level in just 80 years, putting about 400 million people at risk of annual coastal flooding.

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