Emissions cuts could halve the impact of melting ice on oceans
By Henry Fountain New York Times,Updated May 5, 2021, 5:23 p.m.
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Scientists Wednesday reported another reason the world should sharply rein in global warming: Doing so would likely cut in half the current projected amount of sea level rise from the melting of ice this century.
In a study that averaged results of hundreds of computer simulations from research teams around the world, the scientists said that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce sea level rise from melting glaciers and the vast Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from about 10 inches to about 5 by 2100.
Emissions Cuts Could Drop the Impact of Melting Ice on Oceans by Half
A new study said that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce sea level rise from melting ice sheets from about 10 inches to about five by 2100.
The melting Longyearbreen glacier during a heat wave on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard last summer.Credit.Sean Gallup/Getty Images
May 5, 2021Updated 12:25 p.m. ET
Scientists on Wednesday reported another reason the world should sharply rein in global warming: doing so would likely cut in half the current projected amount of sea level rise from the melting of ice this century.