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so what about the millennial-scale context?

so what about the millennial-scale context?. IPCC predictions too conservative???. Global sea level has remained close to stationary during the past few thousand years prior to the industrial revolution

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so what about the millennial-scale context?

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  1. so what about the millennial-scale context?

  2. IPCC predictions too conservative???

  3. Global sea level has remained close to stationary during the past few thousand years prior to the industrial revolution • A global acceleration of sea level started in the late 19th or early 20th century, reaching ~3 mm/yr during the satellite era (since 1993) • Along the central US Gulf Coast, sea level has risen 4 to 5 times faster in the 20th century compared to the pre-industrial millennium • Sea level will very likely continue to accelerate in the next century; yet by which amount remains uncertain • The future of the US Gulf Coast depends in large part on the stability of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets

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