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November 15, 2013 0

Miscellaneous Debris, or the AR5 Estimates of SLR

By News Desk

The ice sheet experts estimates come from Bamber and Aspinall (2013).  A major gap in predictive capability concerning the future evolution of the ice sheets was identified in the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. As a consequence, it has been suggested that the AR4 estimates of future sea-level rise from this source may have been underestimated.