Disappearing glaciers, rising sea levels, expanding deserts -- the world is changing faster, more dramatically than ever was anticipated.
Update: Since this report first aired...
The IPCC retracted its assertion: "80 percent of all glacier ice in Tibet and the Himalayas will be gone by 2035."
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As Glaciers Melt, Scientists Seek New Data on Rising Seas
Scientists are very conservative. They are reticent about predicting how a system will behave unless they have a lot of confidence in their understanding of the underlying processes. But in the coming years, I predict the estimates for sea level rise this century will increase. Because science is a system, and that's how that system works.
