This does help us see the impact. We need to have more of these close up maps of different areas of the world...particularly Florida and the Gulf of Mexcio coast. This might help people see the impact. Right now they simply are unable to imagine it. Something like this could be a real eye opener. But it has to be small maps...even smaller than the France map, if it is to have an impact.

And after reading about the quickening pace of the ice melt in Greenland, we really need to do something.