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Article: Living in a globally warmed world.(about global warming)

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January 1, 2006
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How might global warming affect Earth? Just ask Santa. A recent holiday catalog advertised a "global warming mug" festooned with a map of the world on its exterior. When filled with hot liquid, the map transforms to illustrate the results of a 100-meter rise in sea level caused by global warming. "[W]atch as the familiar coastlines and islands of our planet change to new shapes--or disappear altogether. Hand wash. Microwave safe."

The mug is a great stocking stuffer with a commendably global environmental theme. But as science, it is dead wrong. The sea-level rise depicted on the mug exaggerates official predictions of global-warming sea-level rise during the ...

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