Michael Tobis wrote:
> Hansen begins a popular article thus:
> 
> "I find it almost inconceivable that "business as usual" climate
> change will not result in a rise in sea level measured in metres
> within a century. Am I the only scientist who thinks so?"

I would think so, yes.

Well, maybe not the only one. But if a significant proportion of the 
IPCC authors agreed, it is surely even more inconceivable that they 
would have brushed such a critical aspect of climate change under the 
carpet in the way they did (by presenting figures which excluded any 
assessment of ice sheet collapse).

James

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