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NOTE: This effort is an independent action. It fits fully into the lightblueline goal of marking local geographies with the traces of potential future impacts.

Source: AP, January 31, 2008
"HONOLULU (AP) _ High school students have drawn blue chalk lines on Honolulu city sidewalks marking where scientists believe Oahu's high tide will reach after decades of global warming and rising sea levels.

In 50 to 100 years, they expect the Pacific Ocean to shift up to one mile inland from the current shoreline, putting all of Waikiki under water.

The Guardian Unlimited reports: Sourcec: Reuters Thursday January 31 2008

Latest scientists' views of sea level rise

Sea level rise prediction estimates are running toward the top limit and beyond the IPCC predictions.

Excerpt Below:

Source: The Australian, Leigh Dayton, Science writer, January 15, 2008

New data from the NASA GRACE mission satellite shows that ice melt at the edges of the Antarctic is accelerating, and outpacing the build-up of snow in the interior.

Antarctica's ice melting faster

Below is an excerpt from this press story:

"THE most comprehensive study to date of Antarctica's ice confirms growing concern that the ice cap is melting faster than predicted.

In this still from the film "Ruthless People" (Silver Screen Partners II, 1986), the building at the end of the Santa Monica Pier is adorned by a very large version of the same design as that chosen for the lightblueline. The elevation is a bit off... more like 30 feet.

Source: The Independent (UK), December 28, 2007

By: Michael McCarthy

The Year in Review: The planet

Excerpt Below:

No denying the cold, hard facts

Source: BBC News, December 11, 2007
By Jonathan Amos
Science reporter, BBC News, San Francisco

Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013'

NOTE: Because Arctic ice is already floating, melting this does not directly add to sea level rise. However, the Arctic ice melting changes the reflectivity of the Earth, adding to warming on a global scale.

"Scientists in the US have presented one of the most dramatic forecasts yet for the disappearance of Arctic sea ice.

Source: ABC7, Los Angeles, December 11, 2007 By Dallas Raines

'Losing battle?' Calif. sea level rising

The video is available above.

"Are California's beaches shrinking? According to a recent EPA report, the sea level is rising along most of the U.S. coastlines. So what does that mean for Southern California?

California's 1,100 miles of coastline is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the world.

SOURCE: Seattle Times, 12/11/2007
By Robert S. Boyd: McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — "Rising temperatures caused ice to melt in Greenland at a record rate this year, climate scientists reported Monday.

Greenland ice melting at record pace, scientists say

The Rock Ethics Institute at Penn. State University is hosting the website for the Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change, with discussions on the ethics of climate change science and policy:

ClimateEthics.org

As is the case with the dozens of climate scientists who have support Lightblueline, scientists across the world are dismayed that their research results have not led to policy efforts in places like the United States. The time to act is now, and so a group of 200 scientists have signed the Bali Declaration to urge action by the UN and its members:

Bali Declaration
Here is the text:

"2007 Bali Climate Declaration by Scientists