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Many places have a one in six chance of experiencing a foot of sea level rise by 2020.
According to the ipcc's 2007 predictions, potential sea level rise by 2100 is less than 1 meter, but it's a controversial subject and estimates of an eventual 5m or even higher rise has support in the scientific community. Many places have a one in six chance of experiencing a foot of sea level rise by 2020. Sea level has risen over 6 inches nationally since 1950, but recently, its rate of increase has accelerated. Global mean seal level from 1993 to 2020 has been rising about 3.3 millimeters per year.