SCIENCE!
 
2010 was tied for the warmest year on record with 2005.  Also, 2010 was the wettest year on record. 

Observe the series of photos below documenting climate change in the past 80 years.  Each of the sets of photos has been taken from the exact same vantage point over many years, documenting the retreat of glaciers.

Global mean temperature is now 1.12 degrees F above the 20th century average.

As these glaciers retreat, sea levels rise at roughly 3mm per year.

At this rate, how long until your front porch is under water?  (Find elevation of your porch using Google Earth)
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Ice cave on Boulder Glacier: 1932. Check out the people!
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Where Boulder Glacier used to be: 2004
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Carrol Glacier: 1906
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Carrol Glacier: 2004
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Mccarty Glacier: 1909
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Mccarty Glacier: 2004
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Muir Glacier: 1941
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Muir Glacier: 2004This only took roughly 60 years. One can easily see ecological succession happening in this series.
Amani Kayed
26/1/2011 04:44:37 am

In 4,000 years my front porch will be under water..
I think:)

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Sebastian Hibbard
26/1/2011 08:16:31 am

about 15,240 years (give or take)

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26/1/2011 09:16:47 am

If the ocean continued to rise at the same rate my front porch would be under water withing around 83,555 years

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Erin Louise Anderson ★
26/1/2011 09:45:27 am

I really have no clue how to do it, but i think about
78, 500 years. Thats a guess but i think i might have done it right..

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4/2/2011 08:33:00 am

12,000 years I think my porch could be underwater if it keeps up at this rate.

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