liberals have accepted half of the united states is going to be under water in 5 years , so just prep for doomsday as usualI wouldn ' t say that extreme , but I wouldn ' t say everything is sunshine and daisies either . Also , climate change doesn ' t care about your political affiliation , or your race , or your religion . It is simply the indifferent procession of natural mechanics in reaction to increased humancaused greenhouse gas emissions . These are emissions we can certainly control doomsday doesn ' t have to come . Sea levels could rise nearly twice as much as previously predicted by the end of this century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unabated , an outcome that could devastate coastal communities around the globe , according to new research published Wednesday . If high levels of greenhouse gas emissions continue , they concluded , oceans could rise by close to two meters in total more than six feet by the end of the century . The melting of ice on Antarctica alone could cause seas to rise more than 15 meters 49 feet by 2500 . environmentwp 20160330 a n t a r c t i c l o s s c o u l d d o u bleexpectedsealevelriseby 2100 scientistssay ? utmterm . cb 10 ec 30 fd 7 eWhat ' s scary is that the predictions of the past haven ' t been nearly dire enough . And now we have a president that wants to defund one of the agencies that conducts a lot of research in this area . I think a rational person might call this insane .