# A possibly misleading climate change article I read **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-misleading-climate-change-article-i-read/847554 "2020-02-06T18:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-misleading-climate-change-article-i-read/847554/1 "2020-02-06T18:23:36Z")
I was recently reading an article on sea levels based on C02 levels. One of the statement read something like. The last time C02 levels were as high as is projected for the end of the century seal levels were about 50 ft higher than they are now. Is this a meaningful statement without also looking at other green house gases including water vapor? ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-misleading-climate-change-article-i-read/847554/2 "2020-02-06T18:25:57Z")
Seals packed 50’ deep, that IS scary! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-misleading-climate-change-article-i-read/847554/3 "2020-02-06T19:02:56Z")
> [@](#): > > If all the ice covering Antarctica , Greenland, and in mountain glaciers around the world were to melt, sea level would rise about 70 meters (230 feet). The ocean would cover all the coastal cities. And land area would shrink significantly. But many cities, such as Denver, would survive. > **[Will the world ever be all under water? | AMNH](https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/ask-a-scientist-about-our-environment/will-the-world-ever-be-all-under-water)** > > Geologist Ed Mathez answers this question. So probably at that time there wasn’t as much ice in the world–and of course it will take a very long time for most of this ice to melt. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-misleading-climate-change-article-i-read/847554/4 "2020-02-06T19:11:13Z")
If anything, the projections are too moderate. For example, as the earth warms, pockets of frozen methane, which is a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO2, are thawing and being released into the atmosphere. Many projections don’t even take this side event into account, and that includes The Paris Climate Accord. [**Methane in the Atmosphere IS Surging**](https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-methane-atmosphere-accelerating-20190301-story.html) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-misleading-climate-change-article-i-read/847554/5 "2020-02-06T19:33:20Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I was recently reading an article on sea levels based on C02 levels. One of the statement read something like. The last time C02 levels were as high as is projected for the end of the century seal levels were about 50 ft higher than they are now. > > Is this a meaningful statement without also looking at other green house gases including water vapor? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-misleading-climate-change-article-i-read/847554/6 "2020-02-06T19:39:51Z")
It’s CO2 not C02. The O is for oxygen. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-misleading-climate-change-article-i-read/847554/7 "2020-02-06T22:26:53Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > If anything, the projections are too moderate. For example, as the earth warms, pockets of frozen methane, which is a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO2, are thawing and being released into the atmosphere. Many projections don’t even take this side event into account, and that includes The Paris Climate Accord. > > [Methane in the Atmosphere IS Surging](https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-methane-atmosphere-accelerating-20190301-story.html) **Moderator Note** Again, please don’t post in bold and large font. I have edited it out. Colibri General Questions Moderator