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Sea levels could rise by as much as 1.4 metres (4.6 feet) by 2100 – more than twice previous estimates – according to new studies showing that one of the Antarctic’s massive ice sheets is more vulnerable to melting than previously thought.

This would inundate many densely-populated regions, as well as threaten the flood defences of many coastal cities from San Francisco to St Petersburg, in addition to posing an insurmountable problem for low-lying island states where there is nowhere else for their populations to go.

via Melting ice sheets threaten defences – Climate Change, Environment – The Independent.

Mohammed Nasheed knows what global warming means, because he sees it every day. He survived years of imprisonment and torture to lead his country – the Maldives – to democracy.

But now, as its President, he is being forced to watch as his homeland is wiped from the map. With each year that passes, the rising sea claims more land, and at the current rate it will claim everything.He knows why. We know why. It is because we have released massive amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and we aren’t stopping. Unless we turn around – fast – the Maldives will be gone.

Read more via Climate change special: Twelve days to save the world – Climate Change, Environment – The Independent.