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To: TigerLikesRooster

Tell me again about those South Sea islands that “disappeared” because of rising sea levels.

AFAIK, there is only so much water on Earth. If that’s true, how can sea level change? Maybe the land is sinking?


6 posted on 07/17/2011 6:24:15 AM PDT by upchuck (No increase PERIOD!)
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To: upchuck

If the oceans were rising, wouldn’t the St. Lawrence run backwards ?


7 posted on 07/17/2011 6:26:02 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: upchuck; blam

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8 posted on 07/17/2011 6:26:55 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ....Flash mobs are trickle down leftwing REDISTRIBUTION))
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To: upchuck

There are a few sinking islands that are used as talking points. Odd how the GW guys forget to mention that more than 600 new islands have been recently discovered.

Global warming claims seem to rarely, if ever, match reality. Go back to the 2005 IPCC report about the 50 million refugees caused by rising see levels in 2010. Also read that the locations they predicted not only didn’t have a refugee problem, the population grew.


11 posted on 07/17/2011 6:32:26 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: upchuck
AFAIK, there is only so much water on Earth. If that’s true, how can sea level change? Maybe the land is sinking?

If GW were true, then some rise would come from land-based ice melt. More would come from expansion of the water as it increased in temperature. Water is at it's most dense at 4 degrees celsius and expands as temperature goes up or down from that point. Fortunately, it's not something we really have to worry about since it only applies if GW is true.

22 posted on 07/17/2011 6:59:26 AM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: upchuck
South Sea islands that “disappeared” because of rising sea

Not from rising seas.

They tipped over, too much stuff on one side!

24 posted on 07/17/2011 7:11:43 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good!)
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To: upchuck
The sea levels would rise if ice on Greenland and Antartica melts. Sea levels do not rise when floating ice melts.

According to the article the rate of rise measured by satellites is 3mm per year.

27 posted on 07/17/2011 7:18:00 AM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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