The warming of the seas and the associated expansion of their waters
account for about one-third of sea level rise around the world.
Warm water has more volume than cool water.
The remaining two-thirds of sea level rise is occurring as a result of
melting from ice sheets in Greenland, Antarctica and mountain glaciers.
When you add ice cubes to your cocktail the level increases.
The really interesting things that hurt coastal cities and island
nations even more is the removal of ground water for use causes
those areas to sink.
Think Miami, Jakarta, Venice, Maldives, New York City, etc.
Those evacuations will add to the enormous immigration/migration
of millions of folks displaced, further adding to the stresses already
in place by political/economical factors.
Skeptics will just say, hands on hips and all pouty, no it won't!
lol
What do you mean? New York is underwater, Hawaii has been gone for a while now. Central cali is now the coast.......
Wait a minute, none of this has happened........hmmmmm...
I laughed out loud at a taxi driver in Hawaii. He was talking about how the beaches are disappearing in Hawaii. He told me he had been driving there for five years, and in those years ALL the beaches are disappearing. When I got to the hotel, a huge poster of the beach in 1950 was hanging. I looked at the guy and laughed, "this was 60+ years ago, looks the same to me." Then threw him a small tip and asked "next time if you want a bigger tip, then you shouldn't spew that nonsense."
Has anybody noticed that Mother Nature has become many people's God?
That taxi driver should have bitch slapped you right back to the main land!
Typical ignorant asshole tourist that shits on where ever he goes.
The beaches in Waikiki are man made because of the erosion.
The sand comes from Australia and is replenished periodically.
That taxi driver should have bitch slapped you right back to the main land!
Typical ignorant asshole tourist that shits on where ever he goes.
The beaches in Waikiki are man made because of the erosion.
The sand comes from Australia and is replenished periodically.
"The rate of sea-level rise (SLR) has accelerated since 1990, approximately doubling"
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/coasts/sealevel/
"Some scientific conclusions have been so thoroughly examined and tested, and supported by so many independent observations and results, that their likelihood of being found wrong is vanishingly small. Such conclusions are then regarded as settled facts. This is the case for the conclusions that the Earth system is warming and that much of this warming is very likely due to human activities…strong evidence on climate change underscores the need for actions to reduce emissions and begin adapting to impacts.”
America’s Climate Choices, U.S. National Academy of Science, National Research Council, 20111"
^^^
and by the very experts that created the warming.
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