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...used in the Pacific Institute report - which comes from research by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography - is considerably higher than the estimates put forth in the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) most recent assessment in 2007, which projected a sea-level rise of 18 to 59 cm by 2100. But the IPCC numbers were based on older data and took into account only the thermal expansion of the seas. (Water expands as it heats, so warmer seas rise.) The IPCC did not factor in the potentially far greater impact of melting ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica...
...this week presented a study estimating that sea levels could rise globally by 1 m or more by the end of the century, with large regional differences around the world. At the lower end of the estimate, scientists say it's unlikely that seas will rise less than 50 cm even if we can get a grip on carbon emissions. The revised predictions are due to better data on melting in Greenland and Antarctica and from glaciers around the world, which are pouring water into the oceans and causing them to rise. Up to 600 million people in coastal areas...
...haven’t.FM: Haven’t been bullied by the “Green is the new Crimson” initiative?James Wood: No, though sometimes I bicycle in, so that’s fairly green.2. FM: What kinds of books are your children reading right now?CM: Lucien is reading “Amos and Boris” [By William Steig], and we’ve read “Jack and the Bean Stalk”.JW: Our daughter is reading “Harry Potter” and “The Railway Children?...
Some would argue that that's a matter of scale--that it's impossible to be moved by something in a 4-in. (10 cm) video window. I'm not so sure. Hunched over my tiny screens lately, I've found myself riveted by Battlestar Galactica, provoked by a YouTube animation about the credit crisis and verklempt over an old video I posted of my son blowing bubbles in the bathtub. Big screen and tiny may have their differences, but where there's engagement, there's emotion. The screen that matters most is still the one where the story lingers...
...most negative trend is that we designers forget that a dress or suit is not necessarily going to be worn by a professional model who is 6 ft. [183 cm] tall. We often forget that fashion should be designed for real people who live real lives...