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Comments: Rise in sea levels due to global warming could imperil New York City
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"90 percent chance that sea levels along the northeastern coast of the United States will exceed global sea level by the end of the century" Riiiight. The ocean is somehow going to be deeper near New York. I call it gullible warming for a reason.
Tom,
Sea level rise will not be uniform around the world.
This was proposed 30 years ago but was recently revisted by J.X. Mitrovica, N. Gomez, & P.U. Clark. The Sea-Level Fingerprint of West Antarctic Collapse. SCIENCE 6 FEB 2009
Mongabay covered this at http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0205-sea_levels.html
Rhett,
That is purely theoretical so realistically you can't say will. When observational evidence and facts shows the theory to be correct I will change my mind but in the mean time I have a hard time buying ice sheets having that much gravitational attraction and I will continue to consider a theory a theory. Kind of like the theory of AGW. It is in the end just a theory. Theories are not my concern - facts are. And the fact of the matter is we are being asked to believe not only theories but predictions based on those theories combined with unquestionably flawed computer models while we are somehow supposed to forget that we still can't predict the weather next week, let alone a hundred years from now.
Considering the fact we are cooling and have been for some time now, why should I believe anybody talking about gullible warming at this point?
More and more scientists and thinking people all over the world are realizing that man-made global warming is a hoax that threatens our future and the future of our children. More than 650 international scientists dissented last year over the man-made global warming claims. They are more than 12 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers. http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=2674e64f-802a-23ad-490b-bd9faf4dcdb7
Additionally, some 32,000 American scientists have signed onto a petition that states, "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate…" http://www.petitionproject.org/index.html
"Progressive" (communist) politicians like Obama seem determined to force us to swallow the man-made global warming scam. We need to defend ourselves from the UN and these politicians, who threaten our future and the future of our children. Based on a lie, they have already wasted billions and plan to increase taxes, limit development, and enslave us.
If not stopped, the global warming scam will enrich the scammers (Gore and Obama’s Wall Street friends), increase the power of the U.N. and communists like Obama, and multiply poverty and servitude for the rest of us.
Wow 32,000 out of more than 300,000,000 Americans -- that is quite a convincing petition. Further, citing oil zealot Inhofe doesn't much bolster your case.
For a more balanced look at scientific opinion -- rather than political beliefs -- on climate change, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
Tamara, whatever you find in Wikipedia is probably written by the Gore's and Obama's brainwashed lemmings, not by scientists. By the way, Gore and Obama are not scientists. They are POLITICIANS.
AntonioSosa,
No one claims that Obama or Gore are scientists... setting them up as strawmen is disingenuous.
Wikipedia does not work that way but your conspiracy claims are amusing.
To: Antonio, that's 32,000 scientists in the field with at least a BS degree. Out of 300 million Americans is a misleading statement (if it were 300 million scientists, then your point would have validity). 32,000 (American University scientists) are a MUCH larger AND VALID source than 650 "international" scientists that get much of their training from Brainwashed Univ overseas.
Speaking of misleading, reread the beginning of the article -stating storm surge as a danger happens TODAY not just in 2100. They are trying to use one set of concept data to support another set of data..sort of how Al Gore attempts to portray his illogical conclusions.
... I live in FL (3 mi from the coast and I need to have the sea levels rise 15 METERS before I have beachfront property. -
Here's NY at THREE FEET more than twice this article states.
http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=43.3251,-101.6015&z=13&m=7