Glaciers are melting so quickly that some scientists say sea levels could rise by two metres this century.
"No matter what the deniers may say, sea levels are rising, ice caps are melting, storms, droughts and wildfires are wreaking havoc".
If, say, sea levels were to rise, which they did by almost 20cm in the last century, they could inundate coastal cities and destroy large amounts of productive capital and land (to say nothing of damage to life and limb).
If the melting of Greenland's ice sheets continues to accelerate, they say, sea levels will rise even more in the northeastern United States and Maritime Canada than in other areas around the world.
If, as climate experts say, sea levels in the region have not only gradually increased, but are also likely to get higher as time goes by, then the question is: What is the way forward?
In "Protecting the City, Before Next Time," Alan Feuer writes: If, as climate experts say, sea levels in the region have not only gradually increased, but are also likely to get higher as time goes by, then the question is: What is the way forward?
If both disappeared, scientists say, sea levels around the world would rise by more than 39 inches. .
Even if emissions of carbon dioxide and the other gases are sharply reduced, it said, "sea level will continue to rise due to thermal expansion for hundreds of years".
Deputy Roger Domaille, the minister of the Environment Department, which commissioned the report, said: "Sea level rise is here.
