“These numbers are up at least 80 percent higher than previous estimates…”

— Jessica Merzdorf

Many people do not believe that climate change is a real phenomenon. Recent and previous studies say otherwise. In the 2006 presentation film An Inconvenient Truth: a Global Warning, Al Gore talks about how the glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate. This was 13 years ago, and the numbers have increased exponentially. Jessica Merzdorf, a NASA scientist, has been studying the increased glacier melting and states “These numbers are up at least 80 percent higher than previous estimates…”(Merzdorf). With these increased numbers, the sea level could rise at least 230ft and all the ice in world will be gone in 150 years. While this won’t affect you, it will affect future generations of your family.

• Image: https://www.4kpapers.com/wallpaper/495/glacier/
• Merzdorf, Jessica. “Study Predicts More Long-Term Sea Level Rise from Greenland Ice – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet.” NASA, NASA, 23 July 2019, https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2883/study-predicts-more-long-term-sea-level-rise-from-greenland-ice/.
• Guggenheim, Davis, director. An Inconvenient Truth: a Global Warning. Paramount Classics, 2006. Documentary.