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Ice melt studies say we underestimate sea level rise

If a couple of new ice studies are only partly right, we face massive disruption from sea level rise within decades. Are melting polar ice sheets as stable as we think, or have we missed something? Could we be facing … Continue reading

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Wake-up calls from the real world

What sort of climate calamity will it take to stir humanity into action? [23 October 2012 | Peter Boyer] There’s a lot of black humour about in climate science circles these days. Here’s a sample from a CSIRO seminar on … Continue reading

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Understanding sea level demands caution, patience

Not all our news can be rendered in short sound grabs and black headlines, which makes for problems in understanding implications of the science behind rising sea levels. [10 July 2012 | Peter Boyer] Patience is a virtue, my mother … Continue reading

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