ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Sea Level Increasing global temperatures raise sea levels b...

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Sea Level Increasing global temperatures raise sea levels by thermal expansion and the melting of polar ice. Precise predictions are difficult, but a United Nations study predicts a rise in sea level (above the 2000 level) of L(x) = 0.02x³ - 0.07x²+8x centimeters, where x is the number of decades since 2000 (so, for example, x = 2 means the year 2020). Find and interpret your answers. [Note: Rising sea levels could flood many islands and coastal regions.]