claim: This increases confidence in other peer-reviewed research predicting sea level rise of 80cm to 2 metres by 2100.
evidence: However, Greg Holland from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, who reviewed the study, noted : “There is no doubt that the sea level rise, within the IPCC, is a very conservative number, so the truth lies somewhere between IPCC and Jim.” In addition, one 2017 study's scenario, assuming high fossil fuel use for combustion and strong economic growth during this century, projects sea level rise of up to 132 cm ( 4.3 ft ) on average — and an extreme scenario with as much as 189 cm ( 6.2 ft ), by 2100.