Sea Level Rise Threatens Civilization
A recent technical brief from the United Nations spells out the frightening severity of the sea level rise which has occurred and what humanity is soon to face. According to the report, since 2000, “global-mean sea level has risen faster than over any prior century in at least the last 3,000 years,” even as the […]
Scientists Say Sea-Level Rise is “Now Inevitable”
A recent study published in Nature Climate Change used new techniques to determine that melting of the Greenland ice sheet will contribute at minimum 27cm (about ten-and-a-half inches) of sea-level rise as 10 trillion tons of ice melt. That guaranteed minimum is twice the amount predicted by last year’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report. […]