With the buzz surrounding climate talks in Copenhagen next month, the news about climate change is rather grim. For example, researchers have documented Greenland has lost “1500 cubic kilometres of ice between 2000 and 2008, making it responsible for one-sixth of global sea-level rise. Even worse, there are signs that the rate of ice loss is increasing.”
1/6 of sea-level rise translates to “0.75 millimetres per year”. That may not sound like much, but year after year the effect is cumulative.