"It confirms what you already believe to such an extent that you don't question it."

good grief, John! I hope you don't really mean that! That borders on an insult to my/our fairness & even intelligence. I have prided myself on NOT just buying into dire predictions at first glance. As Don Firth says, this has been studied for years in detail by many people who have no hint of bias.

YOU offer no refutation beyond "I question..." Measuring sea-level rise in relation to X amount of melting is just math! We are now SEEING some serious melting...ask the Inuit what THEY think about the changing climate...and ask the polar bears what has happened to the ice where the seals live. Weather bureau statistics SAY something is happening, and the computer modeling says the trend is scary....I hope you aren't accusing the programming of being political!

It's pretty simple...YOU cannot afford to be wrong. If we refuse to accept these studies until the water is up to out knees, it's a bit late to buy hip boots.

Still, if you must continue to be adamant, please confine it to data and real arguments, hmmm? Don't accuse honest people of political bias about such important issues.