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Study: Rising sea levels will hit hard in South Florida
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| October 20, 2011
| David Fleshler
Posted on 10/20/2011 9:15:43 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
Psst, leave them in their stupor (and they don’t like facts anyway), but, if there were global warming (manmade or otherwise), it would result in more evaporation, which would both have a cooling effect and at least partially counteract any sea level rise; just the opposite would occur if there were global cooling.
Apparently the Creator knew what He was doing by making 75% of the earth’s surface water to offset global temperature changes that are caused by sunspots, volcanoes, and other natural phenomena that actually do result in temperature changes.
And, I for one, am thankful for global warming - I can’t imagine living in an ice age.
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:20:22 AM PDT
by
jda
("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
To: ilovesarah2012
I was raised in Vero Beach, Fl born there in the early 50s. My family had a marina on the Indian River Lagoon on the mainland side of the river (Intracoastal Waterway). I have spent a lot of time on the beaches there and the river. I also collect historical photos of structures of Florida, particularily the east coast. There are many buildings that are still there that show proximity to the ocean now that I have pictures of back in the 20s and before. In every one, the ocean is in the same position relative to the vintage pictures. There has been no rise at all in sea levels in the 80 - 90 years since. There has been erosion in some beaches, but the water is still the same distance from the structures... Case closed!
Mike
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:21:07 AM PDT
by
MichaelP
(The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools ~HS)
To: 4buttons
Oh my Gorp! The world is about to end!
But wait...wait...the Dutch have worked with this for hundreds of years.....( oh never mind.)
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:32:23 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2.009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: ilovesarah2012
Melting floating ice has no effect on sea levels.
The world’s only mass of ice on land, Antarctica, is increasing, not decreasing. Sea levels should be retreating.
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:36:13 AM PDT
by
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:42:12 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: ilovesarah2012
South Florida disappeared under 100 feet of water back in 1980.
It’s gone.
To: Mack the knife
New News story: If an astroid the size of Mt. Everest hit the Atlantic ocean just off the coast of Virginia, a tsunami would erase Washington D.C. from the map. So we need a project to build orbiting telescopes and missiles ... Wait a minute ... lets think about this a little bit more ... Could we arrange to have Congress in a joint session with Barky addressing them when it hits?
Pretty please??
Regards,
GtG
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:44:37 AM PDT
by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Guess I’ll have to file an insurance claim and move to my house in TENN !
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:52:15 AM PDT
by
Reagan69
(I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
To: DManA
Any article which says:
"The vast majority of climate scientists agree that the release of greenhouse gases by human civilization is driving global temperatures higher, with projections of sea-level rise ranging from one to six feet over the next century."
has little merit in my eyes. As far as I am concerned, the ice melt runoff caused by the sun-induced global temperature increase adds to the sea volume and raises its level in relation to the land, but the reduced burden of the ice allows the land mass to rise in relation to the sea in places where ice was/is an issue (probably not Florida). Taking my cue from the article, won't the temperature increase cause evaporaation of the sea, thus reducing its level? Also, I am willing to bet Obozo's total wealth that the 6 feet rise is a TOTALLY discredited figure - just like AGW itself.
To: ilovesarah2012
I had no idea Florida was only a couple of inches above sea level.
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posted on
10/20/2011 12:49:15 PM PDT
by
hattend
(If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
To: Tenacious 1
Yes, and long after the Bering land bridge was submerged, The British Isles were still part of mainland Europe.
And there are North African depressions that could also be flooded; some are going to happen anyway, when the northern part of the Rift Valley spreads & collapses.
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posted on
10/20/2011 1:42:31 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
("Public service" does NOT mean servicing the people, like a bull among heifers.)
To: Tenacious 1
They could lower sea level a bit by flooding Death Valley. 550 square miles of death valley are below sea level, assume that it is an average of 200 feet below sea level (but it is not likely that much). The oceans are 139 million square miles so the ratio of area is over 250,000 to 1. That means the oceans would drop by <200 feet / 250,000 or less than 1/100 of an inch.
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posted on
10/20/2011 4:09:25 PM PDT
by
palmer
(Before reading this post, please send me $2.50)
To: I am Richard Brandon
Taking my cue from the article, won't the temperature increase cause evaporaation of the sea, thus reducing its level? Not by much. The added warming from CO2 will only be about 1C and the added evaporation from that extra warmth is limited by the weather so mostly would result in rain falling right back on the ocean. However, part of the 2010 sea level drop is from added rainfall on land that has not gone back into the ocean (stuck in lakes or in ground water).
6 feet rise is a TOTALLY discredited figure
No, never officially discredited, but always was speculative and always will be. Those 1-2 meter projections come from climate models that Greenland will heat up by 5-10 degrees C and start to "rapidly" melt (rapid being relative, it would still take 100's of years to really get going). A much more reasonable estimate is that sea levels will rise at the current rate, about an inch per decade, as the Arctic slowly warms. Meanwhile the Antarctic may end up gaining more ice to partly counteract the Arctic.
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posted on
10/20/2011 4:18:32 PM PDT
by
palmer
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To: ApplegateRanch
The flooding of desert depressions would subtract very little from sea level.
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posted on
10/20/2011 4:19:56 PM PDT
by
palmer
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To: ilovesarah2012
They should be more worried about subsidence than any rise in the ocean caused by global warming.
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:03:01 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
‘subsidence’ bwahahahaha, I made that exact same faux pas spelling this evening at FR! Are you following me around?
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:07:59 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: palmer
I get such a kick out of it when you do that thing with comparative numbers. LOL
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:09:28 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:12:28 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:12:53 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: MHGinTN
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posted on
10/20/2011 10:19:32 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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