"Prior to now there'd been 30 to 40 different estimates of how the ice sheets are changing, and what we realised was that most people just wanted one number to tell them what the real change was."

Posted by DAVID

 Published on Thurs, Nov 29, 2012

Posted by DAVID

Published on Thurs, Nov 29, 2012

The statement is memorable. Here is an interesting article on the adaptation of the planet to climate change.

Obviously, the big issue or rhetoric in this article has to do with the scientific agreement (or disagreement) with climate change and it's effect on the rise in sea level.

This represents the some of the earliest scientific findings on this subject.:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20543483

What I think is most interesting in this case is the fact that researchers took this long to develop factual information. But aside from this, it is quite interesting that the global trends are in favor of the concept of global warming.

Important to note - rise in sea level does NOT mean an increase in fresh water supply... please review our RESEARCH section to understand why.

Thanks!