Posted on 02/11/2010 1:29:33 PM PST by decimon
The deal here is that this study does not support theories currently being used by today’s modelers, by a factor of 2.5.
“”Twenty meters per thousand years equates to one meter of sea level change in a 50-year period,” Dorale said. “Today, over one-third of the world’s population lives within 60 miles of the coastline. Many of these areas are low-lying and would be significantly altered — devastated — by a meter of sea level rise. Our findings demonstrate that changes of this magnitude can happen naturally on the timescale of a human lifetime. Sea level change is a very big deal.”
Not sure why this is such a big deal. People aren’t so supid they are going to stand there for 50 years while the water rises. It changes the coastline. Some homes and buildings will be abandoned—some people will lose money. Some will gain. Then, when the water falls, they come back.
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