UPDATE 11/2: At the Washington Post @bradplumer follows up this
post with his own, providing a nice summary of the issue. He
concludes: "aggressive steps to cut emissions could reduce the
amount of sea-level rise by somewhere between 6 and 20 inches in
2100, compared with our current trajectory" -- which is just
about exactly where I came out in the dicussions with him and
several others (thanks JG), 10 inches +/- 10 inches. UPDATE: Via
Twitter @bradplumer points me to a newer paper that suggests
perhaps 7 inches is the difference in seal level rise to 2100
between the highest and lowest RCP scenarios. It is not apples
to apples with the number presented below, but still a very
small number. And another paper here, with perhaps 10 inches
between RCP scenarios, a number lower than the projection
uncertainties. One of the more reasonable discussion points to
emerge from efforts to link Hurricane Sandy to the need to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions focuses on the role that future
sea level rise will have on maki