Cut emissions to avert catastrophic sea-level rise - U.N. climate report

FILE PHOTO: The sun rises behind the Konkordia Hut on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland, August 29, 2015. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists behind a landmark study of the links between oceans, glaciers, ice caps and the climate delivered a stark warning to the world on Wednesday: slash emissions or watch cities vanish under rising seas, rivers run dry and marine life collapse.

Days after millions of young people demanded an end to the fossil fuel era at protests around the globe, a new report by a U.N.-backed panel of experts found that radical action may yet avert some of the worst possible outcomes of global warming.