Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the rifle named after him, walks in a field near his native village Kurya in Russia's Altai region, in this September 16, 2007.[Photo / Agencies]
Sea-level rise since the Industrial Revolution has been fast by natural standards and may reach 80 cm above today's sea-level by the year 2100 and 2.5 m by 2200 even without development of unexpected processes, according to a new research made public on Friday.