February 2008
As the ice melts – and the seas rise – crops, habitat, economy, climate, shelter – dip into the consequences of the slow drip (planetary temperature á, aka global fever).
The process tips on the fulcrum of fossil fuels
And because connected, one side shifts the balance of the scale to the other.
Facts:
- Sea levels have risen 6-8 inches in the last 100 years
- If all of the ice in Antarctica melted, sea levels would rise 200 feet
- Melting glaciers affect places across the world, such as the south pacific atoll Tuvalu – where the average elevation is 3 feet – Tuvaluans face being some of the world’s first climate refugees as seas rise
