VIVAnews -the acceleration of climate change in the Arctic and Greenland's ice is melting much potentially raising the height of the water of the sea up to 1.6 meters by 2100. The increase was higher than most scientific predictions before.
The increase in sea water of up to 1.6 meters would threaten a number of areas, ranging from Bangladesh to the United States and cities from London to Shanghai. The increase in sea water will also increase the cost of, for example the construction of the Castle anchoring flood or tsunami in Japan.
"The last six years, until 2010, is the hottest period ever recorded at the North Pole," the report made by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) supported by the eight-nation Arctic Council.
The report mentions that the glaciers and icebergs in the frozen North as well as layers of ice in the Greenland sea water level rise affecting global total 3 millimetres per year observed between 2003 and 2008.
Before this, on the report drawn up by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations in 2007, it is estimated that the increase in surface seawater only between 18 to 59 centimeters in the year 2100.
"Rising sea levels predicted in recent research are much higher compared with the previous estimate is worrying," said Connie Hedegaard, as quoted from Scientific American, may 5, 2011.
This research, call Hedegaard, is a warning to us that address climate change becomes very important. As known, the UNITED NATIONS efforts in the fight against climate change is running very slow. According to the United Nations, promises State leaders for limiting exhaust emissions, particularly from fossil-based fuels, it is not enough to avoid changes that are very dangerous.
To follow up on the latest research results, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the countries of the Arctic Council is the United States, Russia, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland will meet in Greenland on 12 May. As the informed, increased temperatures in the Arctic region on average doubled on appeal with the rise in average temperatures around the world.
Friday, May 6, 2011
2100 sea level Rose 1.6 Meters
