That is the amount the seas will rise due to ice cap melting. Scientists attending a UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen said on Tuesday that the previously predicted 59cm rise was a drastic underestimation. Improved data from satellites shows that Greenland will once again be green as it looses 200 to 300 cu.km. of ice (7.63 million cu.ft.) into the sea each year. 600 million people live on low lying land formations. George Will, are you reading this?[image: 2030, Inc., blue-green shows extent of New Orleans inundation by 1 meter (3.28ft) sea rise]