... Artic Ocean which will not only devastate arctic ecosystems, but will further climate change and weather. A warming of this extent could also begin an irreversible disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheets which would result, within a few hundred years, in a further rise in sea level by at least 6 meters. The following greenhouse gases contribute to global warming at different degrees ... mean near the equator. Global warming could raise sea level one meter or more in the next century by expanding ocean water, melting mountain glaciers, and perhaps eventually causing polar ice shee...

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