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In reply to the discussion: 'Horrible' Sea Level Rise Of More Than 3 Feet Plausible By 2100, Experts Say - NBC [View all]FarCenter
(19,429 posts)40. 3 feet is not much compared with other causes of sea level variation
Day to day tides, tides during the lunar month, storm and hurricane surge, and wave action due to wind cause much more sea level variation so that 3 feet is only a small percent of the maximum water level that has to be planned for.
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'Horrible' Sea Level Rise Of More Than 3 Feet Plausible By 2100, Experts Say - NBC [View all]
WillyT
Jan 2013
OP
hover-crafts are so 90s, you might as well wear paisley. I'm going stealth drone!
nilram
Jan 2013
#27
Yup...I agree...every dire prediction has had to be revised to a nearer date..
truebrit71
Jan 2013
#38
According to some we are looking at an ice free summer arctic by 2015...not the next 15 years
truebrit71
Jan 2013
#65
This summer all the continental shelf area was open; but will the deep arctic area thaw as fast?
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#68
Peter Wadhams is the only person I know of that has pegged 2015 as the year.
AverageJoe90
Jan 2013
#74
maybe we'll call a meeting to discuss how to develop a plan to hold a summit to convene the leading
stuntcat
Jan 2013
#10
Yeah... The Part That Is Sittting On The Seabed Will Not Cause Sea Levels To Rise, But...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#22
The ice sitting on the seabed will cause the ocean to rise if it melts, since its not floating.
HooptieWagon
Jan 2013
#32
(a) HooptieWagon said that ice on land would raise sea level when it melts
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#84
While it can't have the really big effects of land ice melting, it could still be significant
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#78
Given that there are already areas that need to rebuild 18 feet higher, does 3 more make a differenc
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#12
What matters is how high the water gets - tides, surge, waves and sea level rise combined
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#44
What a bunch of hand waving! No data on damages, cost of mitigation, cost of barriers, cost of moves
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#61
Frequency of Sandy-like flooding will depend on the weather; Bangladesh is screwed in any case.
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#64
South of Great Egg Harbor, everything east of the Garden State Parkway is in a FEMA flood zone
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#58
when it happens within 5 years then they'll say the models weren't good enough
lunatica
Jan 2013
#37
Are you really saying that Antartica's only been the way it is for 1,000 years?
AverageJoe90
Jan 2013
#83
How about a little entertainment on the topic, as we wait before the deluge...
DreamGypsy
Jan 2013
#105