The Maldives Was Also Just Above Sea Level – When Sea Level Was 10 Meters Lower | Real Science

They have been planning for it by building a new airport next to the water.

Food costs soaring in US after harsh winter. Will higher prices last? - CSMonitor.com

Almost 40 percent of the US corn crop is now used to produce ethanol instead of food, although the farm lobby denies that diverting corn to ethanol production raises food prices.

Harsh winter weather is responsible for some of the food-price hikes. In December, cold weather in Florida wiped out the pepper, tomato, and green bean crops. A freeze in Mexico knocked out produce from there as well.

"It's kind of rare to have a one-two punch like that," says Lisa Lockridge, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association in Maitland, Fla.

Climate change is real, humans cause it, and we must act - Julia Gillard (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

In fact, globally 2010 was the equal warmest year on record, tied with 2005 and 1998. 2010 is the thirty-fourth consecutive year with global temperatures above the 20th Century average. In Australia, average temperatures have risen almost one degree since 1910, and each decade since the 1940s has been warmer than the one before.
...Bleaching of our coral reefs. And a substantial decline in alpine snow cover.

Indeed, Professor Garnaut's latest report indicates that the need to act is greater than ever. And the scientific consensus is stronger than ever.
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While decent men and women of the small 'l' liberal tradition like Judi Moylan, Mal Washer and Judith Troeth tear their hair out in frustration watching a hard-won consensus evaporate in a cloud of denial and fear.

That consensus was the product of long years of deliberation and debate.