Seas will rise for centuries to come

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 3 Context: According to the new study, even if humanity beats the odds and caps global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, seas will rise for centuries to come and swamp cities currently home to half-a-billion people. Key Highlights of the Environmental Research Letters  In a world that heats up another half-degree above that benchmark, an additional 200 million of today’s urban dwellers would regularly find themselves knee-deep in sea water and more vulnerable to devastating storm surges. Worst hit in any scenario will be Asia, which accounts for nine of the 10 mega-cities....Read More