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Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« on: March 12, 2011, 08:59:33 PM »
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Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
   
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12687272

By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News



From satellite data and climate models, scientists calculate that the two polar ice sheets are losing enough ice to raise sea levels by 1.3mm each year.

Overall, sea levels are rising by about 3mm (0.12 inches) per year.

Writing in Geophysical Research Letters, the team says ice loss here is speeding up faster than models predict.

If present trends continue, sea level is likely to be significantly higher than levels projected by the IPCC”

They add their voices to several other studies that have concluded sea levels will rise faster than projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its landmark 2007 assessment.

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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 09:01:30 PM »
OMG! another Globull Warming thread? does this mean they lost the union battle and are going back to this subject?
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 09:22:36 PM »
What if we chuck Moochelle into that big bad nasty volcano in Iceland as a sacrifice to the carbon gods, would that put a stop to it all?
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2011, 09:26:17 PM »
For lurking DUmmies:
Fun Fact. Polar ice sheets are ALREADY in the water. Their mass is already displaced. if they melt completely, there will be NO ocean level increase.

I know this bursts your bubble, but the coasts will not start disappearing underwater. No rising water.
Basically it means that Al Gore is either a moron or a liar...or both.

This Fun Fact was brought to you as a Public Service by real science, the makers of truth, and smart people everywhere.
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2011, 09:28:08 PM »
Quote from: FreeBorn on March 12, 2011, 09:22:36 PM
What if we chuck Moochelle into that big bad nasty volcano in Iceland as a sacrifice to the carbon gods, would that put a stop to it all?

Good God no !

The smell of burning hair would cover the globe for a decade.
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2011, 10:11:12 PM »
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2011, 10:50:26 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on March 12, 2011, 09:28:08 PM
Good God no !

The smell of burning hair would cover the globe for a decade.

You're right!  :lmao: +1! I never thought of that. No doubt the volcano would hiccup, lobbing her like a mortar round  and there is no telling what carnage would unfold at the impact site.
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2011, 05:48:48 AM »
Lets see here...0.12" per year...comes to about 8 years per 1" rise in sea level...96 or roughly 100 years per 1 foot rise in sea level... so that means I've got to wait approximately 54,100 years before I can sell beach front property....oh well, maybe I should farm some corn while I'm waiting to get rich in beach front Real Estate.
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2011, 06:26:36 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on March 13, 2011, 05:48:48 AM
Lets see here...0.12" per year...comes to about 8 years per 1" rise in sea level...96 or roughly 100 years per 1 foot rise in sea level... so that means I've got to wait approximately 54,100 years before I can sell beach front property....oh well, maybe I should farm some corn while I'm waiting to get rich in beach front Real Estate.

LOL

Looks like I'll be selling mine before you sell yours.

I only have to wait 23,500 years.   :rotf:
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2011, 07:12:18 AM »
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2011, 07:18:36 AM »
Quote from: diesel driver on March 13, 2011, 06:26:36 AM
LOL

Looks like I'll be selling mine before you sell yours.

I only have to wait 23,500 years.   :rotf:

Opps, my bad.    :banghead:

Forgot a zero.  I'll be selling mine in 235,000 years.   :thatsright:

You win! 
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Re: Because things aren't bad enough: Polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2011, 08:58:59 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on March 13, 2011, 05:48:48 AM
Lets see here...0.12" per year...comes to about 8 years per 1" rise in sea level...96 or roughly 100 years per 1 foot rise in sea level... so that means I've got to wait approximately 54,100 years before I can sell beach front property....oh well, maybe I should farm some corn while I'm waiting to get rich in beach front Real Estate.

No worries.  Just sell it now at "pre-development" pricing.
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