The cities that will be 'submerged by global warming'
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, have predicted that global sea levels could rise by a staggering 6.2 feet (1.9 metres) by 2100 if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to increase.
In its IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, released in 2023, the UN estimated that under high-emission scenarios, global sea levels would rise by between 0.6 and 1.0 metres (1.9 and 3.2 feet).
However, the researchers from NTU took a new 'fusion' approach to their estimates by integrating statistical methods with expert judgments.
They claim that this offers a clearer, more reliable picture of future sea-level rise.
Gosh, so a new 'fusion approach' has integrated statistical methods with expert judgments. An impressive development and we may be sure it is nothing like fund-hunters' guesswork.
I've attempted to use a 'fusion approach' to estimate how many rational people believe stories such as this one. The fusion approach seems sound enough because the number it generates is zero, offering a clearer, more reliable impact assessment of research conducted along these lines.
If it's nuclear fusion, it will just melt more of the ice caps! Stop it! You're making it worse!
ReplyDeleteSam - oh no! Of course - that's what they mean by 'fusion', they expect it to work and make the world even hotter.
ReplyDeleteHa ha. Good work AK.
ReplyDeleteFund hunters’ ill-considered guesswork?
ReplyDeleteTammly - thanks, it reaches a stage where you have to laugh at them.
ReplyDeleteAnon - yes, very ill-considered, it even sounds like guesswork.
I thought fusion was that thing which is perpetually thirty years in the future, but no doubt I am behind the times again.
ReplyDeletePeter - yes it's that thing we should expect to be operational in 1990/2000/2010/2020/2030...
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