Sea levels 'will continue rising' regardless of greenhouse gas treaties, warn scientists

• Heat mixed into deeper layers of ocean will cause continued rises
• Measures to limit rise will not work until after 2100
• Sea levels may continue to rise for 'hundreds of years'

By Rob Waugh

PUBLISHED: 09:55 GMT, 2 July 2012 | UPDATED: 09:55 GMT, 2 July 2012

Rising sea levels may not stop for several hundred years, even if global average temperatures drop, scientists have warned.

Rising sea levels threaten about a tenth of the world's population who live in low-lying areas and islands which are at risk of flooding, including the Caribbean, Maldives and Asia-Pacific island groups.

Measures to limit sea rises have focused on lowering temperatures - but this may not be enough.

Even if global average temperatures fall and the surface layer of the sea cools, heat would still be mixed down into the deeper layers of the ocean, causing continued rises in sea levels.

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