You’d think that basic math would be a part of a journalists edumacationization. Prepare to be surprised:

NASA Says Three Feet of Sea Level Rise Is Unavoidable

First:

Ocean levels around the world have risen about three inches since 1992 thanks to warming temperatures owing to the burning of fossil fuels. Now, new NASA research shows sea levels will likely rise three feet in the coming decade, and it’s too late to do anything about it.

But then…

“It’s pretty certain we are locked into at least three feet of sea-level rise, and probably more,” Steve Nerem, lead researcher on NASA’s Sea Level Change Team, said on a conference call Wednesday. “But we don’t know whether it will happen within a century or somewhat longer.”

Errr…

Friggen’ factors of ten, how do they work?