Stringent emission cuts could stabilize global temperature increases, but they cannot stop rising sea levels, said scientists in a study published online Sunday in the journal Nature.
The climate scientists said that sea levels will keep increasing for the next several hundred years.
The scientists from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, research firm Climate Central and Center for Australian Weather and Climate Research in Melbourne determined that the most quantifiable factor for sea-level rise is thermal expansion of sea water.
They noted as warming temperatures penetrate deep into the sea, water warms and expands, thereby elevating the sea level. This will get worse by the melting of ice sheets and glaciers due to continuous rise in global temperatures.
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