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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]lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)23. Come back when you can stay longer.
But please leave your bullshit stories at the door.
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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