I find it almost inconceivable that "business as usual" climate change will not result in a rise in sea level measured in metres within a century. Am I the only scientist who thinks so? Last year I testified in a case brought by car manufacturers to challenge California's new laws on vehicle emissions

Don't worry too much, for now, about rising seas caused by melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica. The big threat this century could come from small thawing glaciers, researchers reported Thursday.

Report says sea levels may rise by several meters by 2100. A group of US scientists have warned that a UN panel on climate change underestimated the scale of sea-level increases this century resulting from global warming.