“One of the most famous atmospheric scientists, James Hansen, is
arguing we could be facing five-metre higher sea levels by the
end of the century, and he’s not a flake, he’s a very renowned
scientist,” said Clague. Obviously our impression of Jimmy-the-
flake Hansen differs. Sea level rise is fairly constant at 4-8
inches per century but the advocacy-obsessed AAAS isn’t settling
for anything so ordinary: Sea level rise underestimated, say
B.C. scientists Some scientists at an international symposium in
Vancouver warn most estimates for a rise in the sea level are
too conservative and several B.C. communities will be vulnerable
to flooding unless drastic action is taken. The gathering of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science heard Sunday
the sea level could rise by as little as 30 centimetres or as
much as one metre in the next century. But SFU geology professor
John Clague, who studies the effect of the rising sea on the
B.C. coast, says a rise of about one metre is more likely. He
said that