Draft UN report warns of rising seas, storm surges, melting permafrost Humanity should brace itself for some serious blowback over the next few centuries from oceans and Earth's frozen zones, or cryosphere, according to the draft of a major UN report obtained by AFP. \\nOur longtime habit of loading the atmosphere with planet-warming CO2 has spawned a host of consequences, starting with irreversible sea-level rise, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) "Special Report". \\n FILE IMAGES of signs of climate change in Alaska