The Next Five Years Will Shape Sea Level Rise for the Next 300, Study Says – The Washington Post
Article Synopsis – A new study has found that for every five years in the present that we continue to put off strong action on climate change, the ocean could rise an additional eight inches to three feet above the current projections for sea level rise by the year 2300. The wide range in projections is due to the uncertainty over the Antarctic ice sheet and how quickly it will destabilize. This is a dramatic illustration of just how much decisions in the present will affect distant future generations. To read the actual article click here.