Earth in Heat: 10 Views of a Warming World

Source: Scientific American By David Biello The impacts of global warming have begun to appear across the globe, from shrinking glaciers to rising seas. Photo: by Gary Braasch Bangladeshi Village, 2005 – A one-meter (3.2-foot) rise in sea level, which could result from the melting of a fraction of Greenland’s glaciers or Antarctica’s ice sheets, [...]

A Deep Thaw: How Much Will Vanishing Glaciers Raise Sea Levels?

Some say high, some say low, some say fast, some say slow By David Biello Source: Scientific American Greenland, the world’s largest island, holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by 23 feet (seven meters). Add the ice sheets of Antarctica and the oceans would deepen more than 200 feet (60 meters). Satellite measurements [...]