The Washington Independent » sea level http://washingtonindependent.com National News in Context Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:15:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Climate Change Report: A Wake-Up Call http://washingtonindependent.com/47338/new-climate-change-report-a-wake-up-call http://washingtonindependent.com/47338/new-climate-change-report-a-wake-up-call#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:49:52 +0000 Aaron Wiener http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=47338 This afternoon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association released a report on the impact of climate change in the United States. Its aim is as much political as it is scientific — The Guardian calls it “part of a carefully crafted strategy by the White House to help build More...

]]> This afternoon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association released a report on the impact of climate change in the United States. Its aim is as much political as it is scientific — The Guardian calls it “part of a carefully crafted strategy by the White House to help build public support for President Obama’s agenda and boost the prospects of a climate change bill now making its way through Congress” — and it shows not only the potentially devastating future effects of global warming, but also the pronounced consequences already engendered by rising temperatures.

I encourage you to take a look at the full report — or at least the summary — but for a quick overview, check out the truly startling maps below the jump:

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According to the report, the Southeast will be particularly hard-hit:

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And for those who think that the threat of rising sea levels is pure alarmism, here’s the impact we’ve already felt:

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Likewise, shrinking Arctic sea ice:

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