Crazy Weather
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From: Canton, MA
Thanks for the insight. I was about to believe what 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree upon: The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere exists in direct relation to the temperature. If you increase the temperature, more water evaporates and becomes vapor. And when something else causes a temperature increase (such as extra CO2 from fossil fuels), more water evaporates.
Maybe the results of their studies and leanings are a result of peer pressures.
Maybe the results of their studies and leanings are a result of peer pressures.
Does that mean all the extra glacier water will just evaporate?
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From: bolton
sure, right up to 120% relative humidity.
that's why Bandar Iran hit a heat index of 165° two summers ago.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.8ecbcdc1d3fc
that's why Bandar Iran hit a heat index of 165° two summers ago.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.8ecbcdc1d3fc
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From: Foothills East of Sacramento
If all of the arctic (North Pole) ice were to melt guess what that would do to the ocean water level? Nothing! Why? All that ice (water) is floating; it is already in the "pool" of water. The ice stored on Antartica (South Pole) and Greenland is another matter. Since that is on land, that ice melt contributes to the ocean volume. However, there is a lot of ice in Antartica that is not on land but floating offshore. No impact there.
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From: Land of Cincinnati Chili
If all of the arctic (North Pole) ice were to melt guess what that would do to the ocean water level? Nothing! Why? All that ice (water) is floating; it is already in the "pool" of water. The ice stored on Antartica (South Pole) and Greenland is another matter. Since that is on land, that ice melt contributes to the ocean volume. However, there is a lot of ice in Antartica that is not on land but floating offshore. No impact there.
Melting ice and its effect on water levels
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From: bolton
The vast majority is actually on land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_ice_sheet
if it all melted the sea level would rise 58 meters.
i.e Florida would become a sea floor.
if it all melted the sea level would rise 58 meters.
i.e Florida would become a sea floor.
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From: Foothills East of Sacramento
Anecdotal evidence: I grew up on Coronado Island and spent a fair amount of my youth fishing out at the Naval Base. Many hours spent on the edge of piers watching the lures float back between pilings. I can go back now and positively observe the barnacles and muscles are in exactly the same position as they were in the 60s and 70s. No change in ocean levels there.
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Anecdotal evidence: I grew up on Coronado Island and spent a fair amount of my youth fishing out at the Naval Base. Many hours spent on the edge of piers watching the lures float back between pilings. I can go back now and positively observe the barnacles and muscles are in exactly the same position as they were in the 60s and 70s. No change in ocean levels there.
In 2014 the global sea levels were 2.6 inches above a 1993 average—the highest annual average in the satellite record (1993-2014 according to the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)). And according to NOAA our Sea levels continue to rise at a rate of about one-eighth of an inch per year. It’s now 2017, so add 3/8 of an inch since NOAA’s 2014 report.
Maybe the rise isn’t obvious to you - yet, but if you live another 50 years report back on your findings -or- have your children or grandchildren do the same. The results would be interesting.
Gary
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From: Mish-she-gan
I got'a remember that one. 