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Even a small cut in global warming will help slow sea level rise

Even a small cut in global warming will help slow sea level rise

12 January 2018

Limiting climate change to 1.5 °C instead of 2 °C, even if we overshoot at first and then bring temperatures back down, will ease the rise in sea levels

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