First Thing: major sea-level rise from ice cap melting ‘now inevitable’

Minimum rise of 10in to occur regardless of climate action, scientists find. Plus, survey asks about likelihood of US civil war

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Research based on satellite measurements of ice losses from Greenland and the shape of the ice cap from 2000-19 has allowed scientists to calculate how the climate crisis has pushed the ice sheet from an equilibrium where snowfall matches the ice lost.

This figure could more than double within this century. The 27cm estimate is a minimum because it only accounts for global heating so far, writes Damien Carrington, but experts said there is still a lot of room to minimise the damage".

Senator faces backlash over violence prediction if Trump is prosecuted. The senior Republican lawmaker Lindsey Graham forecast riots in the streets" if the former president is prosecuted for mishandling classified information after Hillary Clinton was cleared for use of her personal email, and the FBI allegedly failed to investigate Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son.

What have Oregon politicians said? A number of shootings this year have involved shooters who had legally obtained assault-style rifles, and one Oregon senator said: Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines should never be on the street in the first place." Another added: America cannot just shrug its shoulders."

County officials had attempted to get the lawsuit thrown out. They had argued that the lawsuit should be dismissed because it had been filed after a statute of limitations passed. A district court judge ruled in favor of that argument from the county in October 2020. But an appellate court overturned the decision.