text: Over the six years studied , the actual temperature rise was near the top end of the range given by IPCC 's 2001 projection , and the actual sea level rise was above the top of the range of the IPCC projection .
simplified: Over the six years , the actual temperature rise was near the top end of the range given by IPCC 's 2001 prediction and the actual rise was more than the top of the range the IPCC predicted .