August, 2008

The Earth is Okay with a 400-Foot Sea-Level Rise

by Indur Goklany
The Conversation
August 29th, 2008

Whether or not Goklany is OK with a 250-foot sea level rise (SLR) — thank you, Mr. Romm, for putting words in my mouth! — the earth is OK despite a 400-foot rise since the last ice age. This translates into an average SLR of 22 feet per 1,000 years. The peak rate of SLR [...]

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Only Inaction Is Costly

by Joseph Romm
The Conversation
August 29th, 2008

I think there is no point in further debunking the myth that unrestricted greenhouse gas emissions leads to tolerable impacts (or even a more optimal world). Even the incredibly centrist Brookings Institution now recognizes that: The Earth is on a trajectory to warm more than 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit by around mid-century. Exceeding that threshold could [...]

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