Summers in phoenix arizona are hot (125 f is not uncommon), and dry. if you hop into an outdoor swimming pool on a summer day in phoenix, you will find that the water is too warm to be very refreshing. however, when you get out of the pool and let the sun dry you off, you find that you are quite cold for a few minutes.

Scientist have use computer models to create a series of maps that show how susceptible coastal cities in island countries are to the sea rising at different levels.the map shows that a 1 meter rise would swap cities all along the us eastern seaboard. a 6-meter sea level rise with sub merge a large part of florida. thermal expansion has already raise the oceans 10 to 20 centimeters the most likely cause,directly and indirectly, for such a rise in sea level is