Extreme Arctic Melt Is Raising Sea Level Rise Threat; New Estimate Nearly Twice IPCC's

Click here to access article by Sabrina Shankman from Inside Climate News. 

ICN editors summary:

Trajectory of dramatic climate change in the Arctic is locked in through 2050, but what happens after that depends largely on our [ruling class] choices today, report says. (my editing)

Shankman writes:

The reports synthesize the best peer-reviewed science on various Arctic-related issues, with the hope of informing policy decisions. This work is the bread and butter of the Arctic Council, an eight-country, intergovernmental diplomatic body that commissions and directs work on the Arctic but cannot itself make policy.

The findings are not easy to stomach.