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Flame » in reply to "Sea level have not risen significantly in the last hundred years, nor are they expected to rise much in next hundred years."- where do you get this nonsense?

where do you get this nonsense?
gbaikie — (archived)

As your graph shows, sea level did not rise much in the last Century. And the projections by UN indicate some think sea level won't rise much in the next century.

"There are six families of SRES Scenarios, and AR4 provides projected temperature and sea level rises for each scenario family.

* Scenario B1
o Best estimate temperature rise of 1.8 °C with a likely range of 1.1 to 2.9 °C (3.2 °F with a likely range of 2.0 to 5.2 °F)
o Sea level rise likely range [18 to 38 cm] (7 to 15 inches)
* Scenario A1T
o Best estimate temperature rise of 2.4 °C with a likely range of 1.4 to 3.8 °C (4.3 °F with a likely range of 2.5 to 6.8 °F)
o Sea level rise likely range [20 to 45 cm] (8 to 18 inches)
* Scenario B2
o Best estimate temperature rise of 2.4 °C with a likely range of 1.4 to 3.8 °C (4.3 °F with a likely range of 2.5 to 6.8 °F)
o Sea level rise likely range [20 to 43 cm] (8 to 17 inches)
* Scenario A1B
o Best estimate temperature rise of 2.8 °C with a likely range of 1.7 to 4.4 °C (5.0 °F with a likely range of 3.1 to 7.9 °F)
o Sea level rise likely range [21 to 48 cm] (8 to 19 inches)
* Scenario A2
o Best estimate temperature rise of 3.4 °C with a likely range of 2.0 to 5.4 °C (6.1 °F with a likely range of 3.6 to 9.7 °F)
o Sea level rise likely range [23 to 51 cm] (9 to 20 inches)
* Scenario A1FI
o Best estimate temperature rise of 4.0 °C with a likely range of 2.4 to 6.4 °C (7.2 °F with a likely range of 4.3 to 11.5 °F)
o Sea level rise likely range [26 to 59 cm] (10 to 23 inches)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPCC_Fourth_Assessment_Report

6 Scenarios. It's a certainty that at least 5 will be wrong.
But then again these are just projections, and no one claims they are actually predictions, so perhaps one can also say there isn't a right or wrong- the real point is they gave their best game results.

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