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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

This is a pretty clear illustration of how sea level starts to rise slowly; but in the long run, sea-level rise caused by fossil-fuel burning and deforestation in our generation could literally go off the chart and inundate many coastal cities and wipe entire island nations off the map. But first things first. Observed Past Rise.

Sea Level 350
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The fertilisation of the Amazon rainforest by Saharan dust

Our Environment

Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’ Retrieved from [link]. African biomass burning is a substantial source of phosphorus deposition to the Amazon, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(33), 16216-16221. Shukman, D.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] Food and Agriculture Organization, “Undernourishment around the world,” The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2006 (Rome: FAO, 2006), [link]. 9 (2007): 1962-1979, [link]. [10] 11] The key is producing more food on less land.