How Fast and How Far Will Sea Levels Rise?

In its latest report, released on September 27, the IPCC finally could and did put a number on ice flow from the poles.  The result was an estimate of sea level rise of 28 to 98 centimeters (a maximum of more than three feet) by 2100 — more than 50 percent higher than the 2007 projections.  "We have our arms around the problem well enough to say there’s a limit to how crazy things are going to get," says Ted Scambos, head scientist at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center.

How Fast and How Far Will Sea Levels Rise?