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Sun 02 Feb 2002Global warming 'unstoppable for next 100 years'Global warming will continue for the next hundred years even if the use of fossil fuels is dramatically reduced, leading scientists said today.Climate models indicate temperature increases of three to more than 10 degrees Fahrenheit this century and a rise in sea levels of six inches to nearly three feet.