{"id":2760,"date":"2015-07-23T12:20:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T11:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2015-11-19T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T11:20:00","slug":"new-climate-report-claims-coastlines-may-soon-be-uninhabitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/07\/new-climate-report-claims-coastlines-may-soon-be-uninhabitable\/","title":{"rendered":"New report claims coasts may be uninhabitable within decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2761\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sea-level-rise.png\" alt=\"sea level rise\" width=\"412\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sea-level-rise.png 412w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sea-level-rise-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sea-level-rise-103x67.png 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>A\u00a0new study casts extreme doubt over\u00a0the near-term stability of global sea levels.\u00a0The study, which was written by the world&#8217;s most famous climate scientist &#8211; James Hansen, NASA\u2019s former lead climate scientist and 16 co-authors, concludes that the current consensus has vastly underestimated the speed of glacial melt, and that the impact on sea levels and coastal regions will be much worse, and happen much quicker, than previously thought.<\/p>\n<p>In an unusual step, the study has been released without being peer reviewed in order to ensure it can be debated and publicised before the climate talks in Paris later this year.\u00a0\u201cYou can see a lot of different points in this paper, and it\u2019s going to take a while for the community to sort them out, but actually, the story is clear,\u201d says Hansen. The bottom line conclusion, he says, is that sea level rise is \u201cthe big impact of human made climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica would melt 10 times faster than previous consensus estimates according to the report.<\/li>\n<li>As a result there would be a sea\u00a0level rise of 10 feet or more potentially starting within the next 50 years.<\/li>\n<li>In the study\u2019s likely scenario, cities such as New York City, London, Rio, Sydney &#8211; in other words every coastal city, town, village and resort &#8220;may only have a few more decades of habitability left.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/the_slatest\/2015\/07\/20\/sea_level_study_james_hansen_issues_dire_climate_warning.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the original article on Slate.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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