Posted AT 5:22 AM EDT on 24/03/06
Global warming trend on course to submerge coasts, researchers say
If current temperature trends continue to the end of the century, the Earth's climate will be warm enough to cause a massive melting of Greenland's ice sheet and a partial collapse of the Antarctic ice sheet, resulting in a torrent of melt water that will raise global sea levels by up to six metres, according to a pair of new research papers.
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