SEI report estimates 4-degree rise over the century
(NEWSER) - Unless action is taken to protect them, damage to the world's oceans could reach $1.98 trillion annually by 2100, according to a study released today by the Stockholm Environment Institute. The principle culprit: climate change, which will cause rising sea levels, ocean acidification, marine pollution, species migrations, and cause tropical cyclones, Reuters reports. The report assumes temperatures will rise about 4 degrees Celsius over the century, but if governments can limit that to, say, 2.2 degrees, SEI says that would "save" almost $1.4 trillion of those damages. More»
