>> "If further global warming reaches 2 or 3 degrees Celsius, we will
>> likely see changes that make Earth a different planet than the one we
>> know. The last time it was that warm was in the middle Pliocene, about
>> 3 million years ago, when sea level was estimated to have been about 25
>> meters (80 feet) higher than today," Hansen said.
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_sc/global_warming_8
>
> This, I'm afraid, is the same old misleading stuff. Read this quickly and
> you'll
> thin k(or most of the public will think) "when T gets to +2-3 oC, then sea
> level
> will be 25m higher". Which is (probably) wrong. If T stabalises at +2-3
> oC, then
> after a few thousand years sea level will be 25m higher (probably).
I did assume that people on this newsgroup would have enough sense not
to draw the conclusion. that a there would be an immediate rise in sea level
of 25 meters.
I also thought that they would read the link I posted, and possibly even
click
on the related video shown on that page, in order to put the piece I quoted
in context, and find out for themselves how worried Wigley and Hansen are.
Cheers, Alastair.
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