of 1.8-4.0 Celsius (3.2-7.8 Fahrenheit). But that projection has been

called too conservative by David Parker at the Hadley Centre for Climate Change Research in Exeter. His three year study shows twice the rise in sea level predicted by the IPCC. (2)

James Hansen, the leading US climatologist agrees that the IPCC report underestimates sea level rise. Hansen points out that the IPCC center point of 3°C (5.4°F) increase in global average temperature is "inconsistent with the numbers that they gave for sea level," because they do not take into account the contribution of melting ice sheets ("Gorilla of Sea Level Rise").(3)

1) Antarctic melting may be speeding up, by Michael Byrnes

Mar 23, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSSYD27511820070323?feedType=RSS&pageNumber=1

2) World's sea levels rising at accelerating rate, by James Randerson and Ian Sample

February 2, 2007

environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2004718,00.html

3) Is the New UN Global Warming Report Too Conservative? by Brett Clark and John Bellamy Foster

February 17,07

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/cf170207.html