In fact, it's going to get drier in the central part of the continent and certain parts of the United States are going to be much drier. So, there's going to be some impact on agriculture. I think the consensus is that the ice caps, like those of Greenland and the Antarctic, are not going to melt very quickly. But most climate models don't have representation of the glacier land ice at the moment. If anything causes the sea level to rise, it will be warmer water temperatures.
Warm water expands and occupies more space.
Everyone is measuring this in tens of centimetres. With all of these projections pointing to a warmer and wetter climate, many people believe the floods and blizzards we've experienced in Canada over the last few years are actually the beginnings of global warming. But Zwiers isn't so sure. But, it's really tough to say if we're experiencing extreme weather events more frequently than in the past. First, there's more people in the world, so severe weather has a greater impact on more people.