(global warming news) Global warming damage could be worse in Northeast - Washington Energy Services

The National Center for Atmospheric research is warning that global warming could seriously damage the coastline of the northeastern United States and Canada in the coming years. The center released a study this week which found that if Greenland's ice sheet melts at moderate to high rates, it could cause sea levels off the Northeast to rise 12 to 20 inches more than in other coastal areas. The report says that this scenario is more threatening than previously thought, with areas around the extreme northeast of the U. The increase would be due to changes in ocean circulation patterns brought on by different temperatures. Researchers say that the Greenland ice has been melting at a rate of about 7 percent per year, although even if this rate slowed to 3 percent, it would still raise ocean levels by about a foot off the northeastern coast of North America by about a foot by the year 2100. That rate, which only accounts for ice from Greenland, would apparently come on top of the overall rise in sea levels predicted as part of climate change.

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