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Published online 18 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020218-5

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Bleak forecast for sea level in 2100.

Sea level could rise by up to 30 centimetres over the next century, a new estimate predicts. That's almost twice as much as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected last year.

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