The Oceans are Coming

By Keith Farnish and Dmitry Orlov

This article is the first part of a three-part series, which considers the effect of global warming on ocean level rise, and examines its effect from two perspectives: that of the landlubber and that of the seafarer.

Part I: The Global MistakeIn September 2009 the latest global temperature rise projections released by the Hadley Centre, part of the British Meteorological Office indicated an average rise of 4 degrees Celsius (that's a balmy 7.2°F) by 2055 given ...