Okay, B, now take a bundt cake pan, fill it full of water and balance some ice cubes on the spire in the center — Now you have the ice sheets over Antarctica and Greenland. Watch what happens to your water level as those melt.
Two South Pacific islands have disappeared beneath the waves, as climate change raises sea levels to new heights.
They are Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea – which ironically means \”the beach which is long-lasting\” – in the island state of Kiribati.
Neither island was inhabited, though Tebua Tarawa was used by fishermen.
Swamped by the sea
The news is reported in the Independent on Sunday newspaper, which says predictions of the danger are coming true more quickly than anyone had expected.
The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) says other islands are at risk, both in Kiribati and in nearby Tuvalu.
It says most of the coastline of the 29 atolls of the Marshall Islands is suffering erosion.
On one, second world war graves are being washed away.
Since 1922, sea levels have risen about 10 inches. Considering that the average earth temperature has been increasing since the end of the last ice age about 18,000 years ago, this is not very had to understand.
The current rate of sea level rise is about 3mm (or .118 inches) a year. It is hard to imagine that an island has disappeared when the sea level rise was this small. Such an island would regularly disappear and reappear just based on normal tide heights.
Hey Not Al Gore… maybe you should try reading something more current than a 2001 article… or maybe you only read and keep articles that you agree with.. G.W. Bush theory all the way…one eye closed and the other one asleep!
The year of the story is irrelavent. The context of the story and the facts state it is normal erosion and tide and storm surge. It also gave specific political reasons why someone would want to blame pollution or global warming. Did you miss that part? Calling people names and declaring yourself the almighty purveyor of facts does not make you nor I an expert. I like to deal with facts. It is difficult to debate when you will not give me facts. If it is so easy to predict what the climate will be, then I have a challenge for you. Give me the high tempature in your hometown for the next seven days. One degree off and you lose. Wanna bet?
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For global temperatures ranging over last 400,000+ years – http://www.manicore.com/anglais/documentation_a/greenhouse/past.html
As for a history of levee construction in New Orleans – http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06244t.pdf
Okay, B, now take a bundt cake pan, fill it full of water and balance some ice cubes on the spire in the center — Now you have the ice sheets over Antarctica and Greenland. Watch what happens to your water level as those melt.
Two South Pacific islands have disappeared beneath the waves, as climate change raises sea levels to new heights.
They are Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea – which ironically means \”the beach which is long-lasting\” – in the island state of Kiribati.
Neither island was inhabited, though Tebua Tarawa was used by fishermen.
Swamped by the sea
The news is reported in the Independent on Sunday newspaper, which says predictions of the danger are coming true more quickly than anyone had expected.
The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) says other islands are at risk, both in Kiribati and in nearby Tuvalu.
It says most of the coastline of the 29 atolls of the Marshall Islands is suffering erosion.
On one, second world war graves are being washed away.
The real story can be found here:
http://www.climateark.org/articles/2001/4th/scsayssi.htm
Once again propaganda to scare. Pathetic!!!
Algore will be troubled by this story; missing graves implies there will be fewer dead people to register votes for him or his party.
egads; he\’s going to have to convince the living…guess that\’s why he\’s trying to scare us to DEATH!
Since 1922, sea levels have risen about 10 inches. Considering that the average earth temperature has been increasing since the end of the last ice age about 18,000 years ago, this is not very had to understand.
The current rate of sea level rise is about 3mm (or .118 inches) a year. It is hard to imagine that an island has disappeared when the sea level rise was this small. Such an island would regularly disappear and reappear just based on normal tide heights.
More of the Al Gore based hysteria is upon us.
Hey Not Al Gore… maybe you should try reading something more current than a 2001 article… or maybe you only read and keep articles that you agree with.. G.W. Bush theory all the way…one eye closed and the other one asleep!
The year of the story is irrelavent. The context of the story and the facts state it is normal erosion and tide and storm surge. It also gave specific political reasons why someone would want to blame pollution or global warming. Did you miss that part? Calling people names and declaring yourself the almighty purveyor of facts does not make you nor I an expert. I like to deal with facts. It is difficult to debate when you will not give me facts. If it is so easy to predict what the climate will be, then I have a challenge for you. Give me the high tempature in your hometown for the next seven days. One degree off and you lose. Wanna bet?
Crap. Now I have water all over my floor. Thanks a lot ratemaker.
C\’mon Al, I know you\’re out there. I mean you are way out there in loony outer space. C\’mon, Ok within two degrees for five days?