Mark Serreze, director of the American National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Colorado, thinks that sea level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem, as we move through the 21st century.
That may mark a sea change in social attitudes but it could equally be, pace Mr Schmidt, transient.
这可能标志着社会看法的重大转变，但也完全可能——借施密特所言——是短暂现象。
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Mark Smith: When we think of climate change impacts... mostly what people are talking about is drought and floods and storms, and sea level rise, and melting glaciers.