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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 20:39:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> > 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.
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> 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.
That entirely depends on the geology of the local area - it could be sea level
changes or it could be the land itself varying due to tectonic activity (trust
a Californian to think along these lines).
Bruce
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