Press Association: Sea levels could rise by more than a metre by the end of the century as a result of a warming climate, twice as much as previously predicted, scientists warned. The latest estimates presented to a scientific conference on climate change in Copenhagen show that low-lying coastal areas which are home to a tenth of the world’s population could be flooded. The scientists warned that it was unlikely sea level rise will be less than 50cm up to the end of the century, as oceans warm …