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Published online 1 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070129-13
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Sea levels 'rising faster than predicted'
Climate-change figures since 1990 offer test of IPCC projections.
Climate factors such as sea-level rise may be changing more rapidly than predicted, according to a new survey of global trends since 1990. The figures suggest that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which publishes a fresh assessment of climate change tomorrow, may have previously underestimated the changes that lie ahead.
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