He’s wrong. The climate central study isn’t saying that there will be 23 foot sea level rise by 2100. It says that if we stay with business as usual until 2100 then 23 foot of sea level rise will become “locked in” for some unspecified date in the future.
He’s wrong. The climate central study isn’t saying that there will be 23 foot sea level rise by 2100. It says that if we stay with business as usual until 2100 then 23 foot of sea level rise will become “locked in” for some unspecified date in the future.
See here:
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/sea-level-rise-locking-in-quickly-cities-threatened-16296
The Guardian made the same mistake and had to correct it:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jul/29/climate-new-york-boston-miami-sea-level