Although we show that the models do an excellent job, our primary results are based on data. We know the ice sheets melted. We know how much warmth it took to melt them. And that is not a modeled finding. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes
Although we show that the models do an excellent job, our primary results are based on data. We know the ice sheets melted. We know how much warmth it took to melt them. And that is not a modeled finding. Jonathan Overpeck
 

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The results suggest the threshold is close to the end of this century, and it could come sooner. The Arctic is already warming much faster than we thought it would. To think we're not going to get 4 to 5 degrees warmer in another 50 years is wishful thinking. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

The results suggest the threshold is close to the end of this century, and it could come sooner. The Arctic is already warming much faster than we thought it would. To think we're not going to get 4 to 5 degrees warmer in another 50 years is wishful thinking.

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We need to start serious measures to reduce greenhouse gases within the next decade. If we don't do something soon, we're committed to four to six meters (13 to 20 feet) of sea-level rise in the future. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

We need to start serious measures to reduce greenhouse gases within the next decade. If we don't do something soon, we're committed to four to six meters (13 to 20 feet) of sea-level rise in the future.

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Although we show that the models do an excellent job, our primary results are based on data. We know the ice sheets melted. We know how much warmth it took to melt them. And that is not a modeled finding. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

Although we show that the models do an excellent job, our primary results are based on data. We know the ice sheets melted. We know how much warmth it took to melt them. And that is not a modeled finding.

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As [Hurricane] Katrina pointed out, we only need a meter [about 3.2 feet] of sea-level rise to make much of New Orleans unlivable. The same goes for a number of coastal areas. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

As [Hurricane] Katrina pointed out, we only need a meter [about 3.2 feet] of sea-level rise to make much of New Orleans unlivable. The same goes for a number of coastal areas.

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I believe the retreat of sea ice in the Arctic is very likely a manifestation of human-caused global warming. Global temperature increases are accelerating, and so is sea-ice retreat. Humans are almost certainly the cause of the change in the Arctic. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

I believe the retreat of sea ice in the Arctic is very likely a manifestation of human-caused global warming. Global temperature increases are accelerating, and so is sea-ice retreat. Humans are almost certainly the cause of the change in the Arctic.

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 Global Warming
It's hard to imagine why we're wanting to rebuild if we're going to allow global warming. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

It's hard to imagine why we're wanting to rebuild if we're going to allow global warming.

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 Global Warming
A lot of the stories you read make it sound like there's uncertainty. There's not uncertainty. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

A lot of the stories you read make it sound like there's uncertainty. There's not uncertainty.

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 Uncertainty
What we didn't predict is that it would be so dramatic. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

What we didn't predict is that it would be so dramatic.

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This is a real eye-opener set of results. The warmth necessary to do this isn't all that great. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

This is a real eye-opener set of results. The warmth necessary to do this isn't all that great.

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We know when the sea level was that high in the past, and we know how much warming is necessary to get that amount of sea level rise from both Greenland and Antarctica. - Jonathan Overpeck Quotes

We know when the sea level was that high in the past, and we know how much warming is necessary to get that amount of sea level rise from both Greenland and Antarctica.

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