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Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 May 2000 20:29:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Oh please. Do the math. To me, "flooding" means a change in sea level of 20
> > feet or so. That's not going to happen. There isn't enough ice even if both
> > icecaps melted down to nothing.
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> Au Contraire:
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> "If larger ice sheets begin to recede, sea level could rise rapidly and
> dramatically. The most vulnerable ice sheet is the marine-based West Antarctic
> Ice Sheet which contains enough water locked up as ice to raise global
> sea-level ~ 5 - 6 meters."
Which is enough to cover most of the coastal cities all over the world.
> This is quoted from the USGS page Chris Tracey posted. Now, I don't agree
> with
> Shiri that this could happen in a matter of years, but if we don't try to curb
> what we put in the atmosphere, it could easily happen in another 50-100 years,
> IMO. I do believe the earth is currently in a natural warming trend; however,
> I also believe we have sped this process up.
Well, I don't know exactly how many years.
> > I'll give Chris's words some credence but you're just scaremongering, try not
> > to believe everything you read.
I don't believe everything I read, no. I do believe researches that are well
based on facts, yes.
> I'd like to hear where you read there wasn't enough ice in the caps to raise
> the sea level much.
Me too.
> I saw a report (on the Discovery channel, I believe) that
> at one point, millions of years ago, the sea level was a couple *hundred* feet
> higher, due to the fact that there were no ice caps.
This is well known. Don't know about you guys, but I used to live on a
mountain which was 700 meters (not feet) high. There were fossils of sea-
creatures all over the place, not only loose ones but some that were on huge
slabs of stone. What our environmental studies teachers (it was a mandatory
subject in my elementary school, all through 6th grade) taught about this was
that whole area used to be covered with sea-water. I don't know if it was due
to the fact that there were no icecaps; but that sounds reasonable.
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