Beyond Biology?

March, 2015

"Surrendering to Global Warm­ing" (November) does your readers a service by drawing attention to sea-level rise—the most important issue that coastal communities will have to deal with in the immediate and not-so-immediate future. However, "Refugees at Six Feet," the chart published alongside the article, is based on a May 2014 White House report that indicates sea levels will rise as much as four to six feet by 2100. No one knows how much the sea will actually rise by that y...