Quote:

---

Global mean sea level has been steadily rising over the last century, is projected to increase by the end of this century, and will continue to rise beyond the year 2100 unless the current global mean temperature trend is reversed. Inertia in the climate and global carbon system, however, causes the global mean temperature to decline slowly even after greenhouse gas emissions have ceased… http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/07/10/1219414110]

---

Quote:

---

Sea Level Rise ‘Locking In’ Quickly, Cities Threatened

...our long-term sea level rise commitment or "lock-in" — the sea level rise we don’t see now, but which carbon emissions and warming have locked in for later years — is growing 10 times faster, and this growth rate is accelerating. Much more at http://www.climatecentral.org/news/sea-level-rise-locking-in-quickly-c
ities-threatened-16296]

---