Scientists to issue stark warning over dramatic new sea level figures

With much of the country already below sea level, even a small rise would be devastating for the Dutch. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Scientists will warn this week that rising sea levels, triggered by global warming, pose a far greater danger to the planet than previously estimated. There is now a major risk that many coastal areas around the world will be inundated by the end of the century because Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are melting faster than previously estimated.

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