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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

The AR4 already concluded in 2007: “There is high confidence that the rate of sea level rise has increased between the mid-19 th and the mid-20 th centuries.” That we cannot turn this back is the reason why the precautionary principle should be applied to the climate crisis. The finding of sea-level acceleration is not new.

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