For the first time, thanks to an interactive map, anyone will be able to use the new online tool to see how sea levels will change around the world. Worrying scenarios to say the least
Il Sea Level Change Team from NASA created a new tool on future sea level rise from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). To use the maps, simply click anywhere on the ocean or coast and choose a decade between 2020 and 2150: the tool provides a detailed description of sea rise thanks to the IPCC assessment report.
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The decisive IPCC
The IPCC provides global-scale assessments of every five to seven years since 1988, focusing on changes in temperature, ice cover, greenhouse gas emissions and sea levels across the planet. Sea level projections are based on data collected by satellites and ground-based instruments, as well as computer analyzes and simulations. In addition to providing snapshots of sea level rise in the decades ahead, the tool allows users to focus on the effects of different processes which lead to sea level rise. These processes include the melting of ice sheets and glaciers and the extent to which ocean waters shift their circulation patterns or expand as they warm (all influencing rising oceans). The tool helps both citizens and governments around the world to predict future scenarios.
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