Originally posted by Darkslash
[B]"Would the earth gain or lose more total land, assuming this report is correct?"
why not start considering the implications, the worst-case scenarios, etc., rather than going on a vendetta against human progress?
My point was, since so much coastline will be flooded, we can move north or south into newly hospitable climates. Yes, the entire Sahara will be an oven, yes, entire ecosystems will die, yes, land will go under water -- at this point, according to the report, it's pretty much tough luck. I don't give a darn about a freakin' monkey -- according to the evolutionary theory, if it wants to survive it should learn to move north too. The earth will survive, we humans will survive -- as long as we know in advance what we're going to do.[B]