Sea level rise by 2100 could be double previous estimates, scientists predict

Flooded car in parking lot. Photo via Flickr user waitscm/CC2.0The consequences of global warming could be twice as bad as previously suggested, according to a new report published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Using new mathematical prediction models, the report said global oceans could rise by about six feet by the year 2100, about double previous estimates. The new...