The IPCC Panel's near-consensus was that human activity is having some discernible impact on climate, and that by 2100, a warming earth could result in more frequent storms and droughts, sea level rise of up to three feet, and up to six degrees F. in temperature rise.
Climbing to 17, 000 feet was bumpy, and I turned the controls over to Terry Tomeny, a former F-16 jock and now chief of flight-test engineering for Eclipse.