NOAA Reconfirms Global Temperature Rise Of 2 - 10F By 2100 - Denver Post [View All]

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Boulder - Scientists in a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lab dedicated Wednesday say they know the global temperature will rise by 2 degrees to 10 degrees by century's end. They now want to pinpoint how big that increase will be, said the lab's new director, Alexander MacDonald.

While the lower end may add a few more really hot days to the summer and warmer days to the winter, the range's upper figure could lead to a catastrophic rise of the ocean that would put Miami under water, McDonald said.

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The Earth System Research Laboratory, which employs 600 people, is the largest in the NOAA's nationwide system of federal labs, which monitor the oceans and the atmosphere.

"We've created something new," MacDonald said. "We're going after better predictions from minutes to millennia. We have 600 people working together to understand how the Earth system works."

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