Sea-level to rise by one-metre this century: scientists Berlin,
Oct 9 (DPA) Global warming calculations have been too
optimistic, and the sea level round the globe is likely to rise
a full metre this century, two senior German scientists warned
Wednesday. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, who heads the Potsdam
Institute for Research on Global Warming Effects and Jochem
Marotzke, a leading meteorologist, said UN-backed data on
climate change, predicting a rise of 18 to 59 centimetres, was
out of date. 'We now have to expect that the sea level will rise
by a metre this century,' said Schellnhuber in Berlin. He said
international plans to limit the rise in average global
temperatures to just 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the
century, mainly by limiting growth in carbon dioxide emissions,
were only achievable with enormous effort. Schnellnhuber, who is
official adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on climate-
change issues, said the new findings employed data unavailable
to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate