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Like I said no matter what side you are on in the climate change debate consider the source this guy is the Mayor of an insignificant 2.3 sq mile city of 11,000.Originally posted by lawpoke87:
STODDARD: The scientists believe now that there's enough heat already stored in the oceans to melt the polar ice sufficiently to put probably 60, 70 feet of water over the planet. That takes out all of South Florida, we don't have any land that's above 25 feet above sea level. So in the long run, we're all gone, and then the question is how long are you talking here?
CURWOOD: Yeah, how long are you talking here?
STODDARD: I think we'll be looking into -- in about maybe 100, 200 years before we start seeing total inundation on that scale
He's predicting sea levels to rise by 60 to 70 feet in the next 100 years which would put basically all areas of the state south of Orlando underwater not to mention New York City, LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Boston, Houston, etc....
I believe that they are saying that different tectonic plates are moving in different directions relative to each other. But that has nothing to do with Global Warming/ocean temperature. That has to do with plates floating on magma over each other. Once again we see that there are many factors effecting sea to land levels.Originally posted by noble cane:
Why isn't the sea level rise equal throughout the US?
When you fill a bathtub.. doesn't the water rise equally once the basin is filled?
But here we go again with the projections. Its a bogus argument because noone can accurately predict the future. Its science fiction and the above map is just a Hollywood special effect. Back in the 70's most predictions were of a new ice age by now.Originally posted by eastcane:
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published its assessment of sea level rise in 2012 as part of the National Climate Assessment. Including estimates based on limited and maximum melt of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, it anticipated a ocean rise of two foot by 2050 (36 years bandidios), three foot by 2075, and 4.1-6.6 by 2100. Well, a two foot rise is going to make barrier islands unlivable, and flood the world's delta regions, where hundreds of millions now live, and create havoc in low lying areas like SE Florida, where it will become increasingly difficult to provide infrastructure services going forward, let alone the increased degradation of coastal areas due to hurricanes and intense storms.
The flooding of Florida will begin in earnest within the next 25 years. Peter Harlem, Florida International
This post was edited on 7/22 5:49 PM by eastcane