15% off is not what it seems

[Paddy]

BBC News - Times Atlas 'wrong' on Greenland ice

Leading UK polar scientists say the Times Atlas of the World was wrong to assert that it has had to re-draw its map of Greenland due to climate change.

Publicity for the latest edition of the atlas, launched last week, said warming had turned 15% of Greenland's former ice-covered land "green and ice-free".

But scientists from the Scott Polar Research Institute say the figures are wrong; the ice has not shrunk so much.

The Atlas costs £150 ($237) and claims to be the world's "most authoritative

[EternalOptimist]

Cue P.J. to tell us it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim.

At least noone has died because of the map.

Meanwhile in East Africa thousands have died due to the famine and drought, and hundreds of thousands are on the move.

Unfortunately the IPCC got their predictions wrong
'The increase in rainfall in East Africa, extending into the Horn of Africa, is also robust across the ensemble of models, with 18 of 21 models projecting an increase in the core of this region, east of the Great Lakes.'
in their last assesment report.

I dearly hope that none of the relevant agencies took any notice of what the IPCC predicted, and took actions that may have made things worse

[BlasterBates]

At least noone has died because of the map.

Meanwhile in East Africa thousands have died due to the famine and drought, and hundreds of thousands are on the move.

Unfortunately the IPCC got their predictions wrong
'The increase in rainfall in East Africa, extending into the Horn of Africa, is also robust across the ensemble of models, with 18 of 21 models projecting an increase in the core of this region, east of the Great Lakes.'
in their last assesment report.

I dearly hope that none of the relevant agencies took any notice of what the IPCC predicted, and took actions that may have made things worse

So the climate hasn't changed at all in Africa....surprise surprise.

[DodgyAgent]

famine is caused by war and corruption not drought.

War and corruption, not droughts, are responsible for famines - The Globe and Mail

[shaunbhoy]

So the climate hasn't changed at all in Africa....surprise surprise.

I do believe the ice in the local IPCC Official's Gin and Tonic has retreated somewhat from its 1998 levels though.

[EternalOptimist]

I do believe the ice in the local IPCC Official's Gin and Tonic has retreated somewhat from its 1998 levels though.

I suppose the reason why the story is interesting, is that most of the sea level rise associated with melting ice, is related to either greenland or the antarctic.
So If the atlas is accurate, its big stuff.
The estimate is that greenlands ice = 7m of sea level rise.

So if greenland melts, we are 7m in the poo.

Mind you - the atlas claims that 15% has already melted, but the same atlas does not reflect the 1m rise in sea levels that we would have expected. Maybe they got it wrong

has anyone here noticed a 1 m rise in sea levels ?

[Cliphead]

has anyone here noticed a 1 m rise in sea levels ?

Living on the Clyde coast which is of course tidal, no.