For additional perspective, consider that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet which has long
experienced modest warming contains less than 10 % of the continent's ice mass.
Not exact matches
If it hadn't been for that relatively short - term trend, no one would even be talking about global
warming today, because there is nothing alarming about the very
modest warming we've
experienced since.
I think a
modest temperature increase is, overall, beneficial (which is why I moved from NY to FL: ^) and that the large majority of the
warming we have
experienced is due to natural cycles not under human control.
Even with the
modest warming so far
experienced yields have stagnated and quality declined.