Forget 59 cms. Talk is of about a metre sea level rise by 2100. “Greenland alone will raise sea level by seven metres” says Stefan Rahmstorf, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Bye bye Bangladesh. So long Myanmar.
Question: how fast can mangroves migrate?
Can such prophets be held to their word? The sea level may go up, but does the layperson’s trust in climate science, too?