Getting Hotter

Here's a shocker: global warming is going to increase, according to the perspective in Science by Peter Cox and Chris Jones ("CLIMATE CHANGE:Illuminating the Modern Dance of Climate and CO2," Science 19 September 2008:Vol. 321. no. 5896, pp. 1642 - 1644DOI: 10.1126/science.1158907). According to their data, in which they incorporate paleoclimatic data from the Little Ice Age from 1500-1750, the models that best reproduce the link between climate and carbon dioxide levels shown during the LIA and 20th century correlations are the most severe, i.e. the ones predicting the largest increases. So we can expect that temperatures will be increasing faster as time goes on. This means that if you live within 20 feet of sea level or are planning on buying land that close to sea level, you might want to reconsider your living arrangements or plan on spending a lot on water sealants.