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Study predicts maximum sea level rise close to one meter by 2100
A new study of sea level fluctuations over the last 22,000 years is the latest to predict that rising seas could reach close to one meter by the end of this century, consistent with the most recent sea level projections made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The estimate, published July 26 in the journal Nature Geoscience, is not as dire as the three-meter (nine-foot) rise forecast by some scientists. But lead author Mark Siddall, who did the research at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and University of Bristol, UK, says the model’s worst-case scenario ... |
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Emission trading to impose over EUR 1bn bill on aviation sector
Pressure on airlines and their passengers to curb carbon emissions is expected to increase significantly from 2011, according to an imminent new report that predicts the aviation sector could face a bill of over €1bn (£607m) as a result of its inclusion in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS).
The report from air industry consultancy RDC Aviation and analyst Point Carbon used aviation emission data from 2004 to 2006 and the methodology set out in the European Commission`s directive on aviation emission trading to calculate the likely emission caps for airlines covered by the scheme.
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