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To: NormsRevenge
Honestly, I don't recall the IPCC ever saying sea level rise rate would be as low as it is. Most of the time they have been guessing 1/2-1 meter/century. Nevertheless, Here is the DATA: (from http://sealevel.colorado.edu/ )


56 posted on 11/30/2012 7:44:12 AM PST by AFPhys ((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))
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To: AFPhys

It's lower than that, Colorado University adds in 0.3 mm/yr og GIA adsjustment,
so it's really only 2.8 mm/yr and the tide gauges around the world average out
to even less.

Here's a link to the reasoning behind CU's GIA adjustment:

And here's a link that tells us that sea level rise is slowing down:

Why has an acceleration of sea level rise not been observed during the altimeter era?

Add it all up, and the threat of sea level rise isn't very scary.

60 posted on 12/04/2012 2:32:25 AM PST by StACase (Global Warming is CRAP!)
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