Grist: Its Monday, and you probably wanted to ease into the week with a post about cute animals or something. Instead, today scientists broke the news that the West Antarctic ice sheet is now in irreversible collapse, meaning a likely 10 to 15 foot global sea-level rise in coming centuries.
Before you get cranking on that ark (maybe you can have those cute animals after all!), let`s take a deep breath. Theres still uncertainty about how cataclysmic this particular cataclysm is. New York Times blogger...