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been predicted. “That means you better start with intervention much ear-
lier” (Rosenthal, 2007b).
One of the major differences with the IPCC’s fourth assessment report
(released in 2007) over previous ones was that the data had not been soft-
ened, diluted, and sifted through. It was direct and to the point. It was the rst
report to acknowledge that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet from rising
temperatures could result in a substantive sea-level rise over centuries rather
than millennia. It added a sense of critical urgency and importance never seen
before in a report. “It’s extremely clear and is very ...