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To: M Kehoe

Current sea level rise is about 3 mm/year worldwide. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1/32nd of an inch!


18 posted on 05/18/2014 11:58:54 AM PDT by DocJhn
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To: DocJhn
Current sea level rise is about 3 mm/year worldwide. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1/32nd of an inch!

3mm is actually closer to 1/9 of an inch.

60 posted on 05/18/2014 12:47:21 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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I’d be curious if that figure included all contributions, particularly evaporation – if you leave an open pan of water exposed to air just about anywhere, you’d note that the level likely drops more than 1/32nd of an inch.

Given the average density of ice, the contribution from melting would have to be 2 to 3 times the depth of the water rise: e.g. for a 1-ft rise globally, the equivalent of an ice sheet a yard thick covering ALL the waters on Earth would have to all melt (and remain liquid). Normal, daily tidal variations create much more of an issue than this ever would…


64 posted on 05/18/2014 12:56:48 PM PDT by mikrofon (Science BUMP)
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To: DocJhn

More like 1/8 of an inch, but even so.....


77 posted on 05/18/2014 1:12:36 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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