Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Earth and Its Climate in 2031


Perhaps you are checking this Blog because of the new Osher catalog for fall 2011.

If yes, I heartily welcome you, and please accept my apology for me being behind on posting about current climate events. I have been very busy, and will continue to be very busy until early September, but then a major portion of my attention will focus on this Blog and the Osher class “Earth and Its Climate in 2031” .

If this subject interests you, in addition to reviewing past posts on this blog, you may also want to review the web site finblizclimate for some background information on climate change, the science behind what has been happening, and some of the earth changes that are predicted, such as rising sea level.

GREENLAND - Will probably be the focus of near term sea level rise

Greenland is almost all covered by a very thick glacial ice cap. If all of Greenland's ice either melted or slid into the oceans, sea le...