Climate scientist warns about Arctic ice melt

Report of a EurActiv interview with Dr Jan-Gunnar Winther, director of the Norwegian Polar Institute, December 2009. He said that the scientific consensus that melting ice in Greenland will contribute to a five centimetre sea-level rise this century is outdated, with the actual figure 'more likely. to reach 14cm.

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ESO: Background information: United Nations Climate Change Conference, 7-18 December 2008 (COP15) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-united-nations-climate-change-conference-7-18-december-2009-cop15/

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