for ththe u.s. east t and gulf coast, island nations around the world, some of which would literally be submerged by that amount of sea level rise. the ipcc makes a far more conservative statement. they state an upper bound of about a memeter, about 3 feet. and d it'ss once agagain an exae of where the ipcc arguably has been overly conservative. some, as myself, have argued that partly that's just due to the culture of science. scientists tend to be reticent. we don't like to make strong conclusions that we have to withdraw at some lateter time. d there's also a component, i believe, due to thehe pressure, the outside pressure, the crcritics, the very well f fundd and well organized effort to literally discredit the sciencee of climate change, sometimes by attempting to discredit the scientists themselves. i myself have been a victim of that. and in the face of all that pressure and those attacks, i think to someme extent the ipc hahas actually withdrarawn a bid they've been more guarded,d, moe conservat