Australian: THE global sea level is rising faster than predicted, scientists warned yesterday. Instead of a rise of between 18 and 59 centimetres by 2100, as forecast in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, seas could rise up to a metre or more. The warning came from international experts attending a three-day conference in Copenhagen on climate research, called to underpin the world’s response to climate change. Speaking from the meeting, CSIRO scientist John …