Submitted by John on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 01:18
Rising Sea level is one of the main concerns about a warming planet. You would think it would be simple: the ice melts; the sea rises.
Submitted by John on Sat, 08/20/2011 - 13:12
Just a few months ago, the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences published a paper in which it assessed climate change and what mankind should
Submitted by John on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 01:15
One would think that sea level would be the same height everywhere, if we eliminated the waves and the high/low tide variation. We would be wrong; very wrong. I must admit that as I have researched my book about risng sea level, that was one of the most surprising things I came to understand. I knew there were some variations, but had no idea how great they were.
Submitted by John on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 15:30
A story today in THE AUSTRALIAN is a good candidate for my Stupid-Story-of-the Week-Award. Their headline is:
Submitted by John on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 23:52
Just
Submitted by John on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 16:25
The July 17 German Spiegel Online has a really good article about the challenge and very diverse spread of forecasts for sea level rise this century. "UN Climate Body Struggling to Pinpoint Rising Sea Level." As the author Axel Bojanowski accurately surveys, there are diverse credible sources that would easily lead one to believe that the rise by the end of century could be as little as 1 meter (3 feet), or as high as 5 meters (16 feet).
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