So, the sea level, then...
Me to other admin - do you want the bad news or the worse news?
Admin - Um, the worse?
Me - Deep ice climate change scientists believe we are going to lose the Antarctic and Greenland ice and that the world will eventually be ice-free and with sea rise of hundreds of feet.
Admin *wide-eyed* Um..
Me - By mid-century there could be sea rise levels of up to a foot, every decade. We’ll get to see it!
Admin *horrified* And the bad news?
Me - Our printer is broken.
Admin *cries*
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, 7 min vid.
(from the Skeptical Science website)
I'm currently reading Ross Garnaut's Climate Change Review Update 2011, he says:
Another example is the extent of sea-level rise that is likely to be associated with specified degrees of warming. The decisive research relates to the mass of land-based ice in Greenland and Antarctica. This is a large issue, as the complete melting of Greenland ice would raise sea levels by about 7 metres, of west Antarctica by about 6 metres, and of east Antarctica by much larger amounts...During the early research for this book, it was disconcerting to find that the few deep specialists in land-based ice expressed the view privately that there would be a major contribution from dynamical processes in Greenland and west Antarctica to sea-level rise this century. The dimensions of the contribution are uncertain, but they are certainly substantial and possibly greatly disruptive. All declined to put their private views on the public record.
I’m not a morning person. Yesterday I realised as I was about to get on the second bus that I’d forgotten to tag off from the train, so I had to run back down to the platform and then managed to trip coming up the stairs and bugger up my knee. At least the bus driver waited for me.
I wait nine minutes for my train of a morning. This morning I sat peacefully in the sun at the end of the platform, pretending to myself that it was warming me, only to realise when the train pulled up that I’d forgotten to tag on, so I had to run back up the stairs and of course missed the train. Luckily! The next train was only three minutes away. Because I’ve been caught before, I made sure it wasn’t the one line that skips my station - really, I triplechecked! - then got on and was sitting zen-like, because I didn’t have anything to read* when the voiceover was like, ’next station: *the one before yours* and then express to the city, yay” Gah. I couldn’t be arsed to get back on the next train so I just caught the bus from that station, which, to my surprise, didn’t add any more time to my journey. Yay!!!
Admin - Um, the worse?
Me - Deep ice climate change scientists believe we are going to lose the Antarctic and Greenland ice and that the world will eventually be ice-free and with sea rise of hundreds of feet.
Admin *wide-eyed* Um..
Me - By mid-century there could be sea rise levels of up to a foot, every decade. We’ll get to see it!
Admin *horrified* And the bad news?
Me - Our printer is broken.
Admin *cries*
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, 7 min vid.
(from the Skeptical Science website)
I'm currently reading Ross Garnaut's Climate Change Review Update 2011, he says:
Another example is the extent of sea-level rise that is likely to be associated with specified degrees of warming. The decisive research relates to the mass of land-based ice in Greenland and Antarctica. This is a large issue, as the complete melting of Greenland ice would raise sea levels by about 7 metres, of west Antarctica by about 6 metres, and of east Antarctica by much larger amounts...During the early research for this book, it was disconcerting to find that the few deep specialists in land-based ice expressed the view privately that there would be a major contribution from dynamical processes in Greenland and west Antarctica to sea-level rise this century. The dimensions of the contribution are uncertain, but they are certainly substantial and possibly greatly disruptive. All declined to put their private views on the public record.
I’m not a morning person. Yesterday I realised as I was about to get on the second bus that I’d forgotten to tag off from the train, so I had to run back down to the platform and then managed to trip coming up the stairs and bugger up my knee. At least the bus driver waited for me.
I wait nine minutes for my train of a morning. This morning I sat peacefully in the sun at the end of the platform, pretending to myself that it was warming me, only to realise when the train pulled up that I’d forgotten to tag on, so I had to run back up the stairs and of course missed the train. Luckily! The next train was only three minutes away. Because I’ve been caught before, I made sure it wasn’t the one line that skips my station - really, I triplechecked! - then got on and was sitting zen-like, because I didn’t have anything to read* when the voiceover was like, ’next station: *the one before yours* and then express to the city, yay” Gah. I couldn’t be arsed to get back on the next train so I just caught the bus from that station, which, to my surprise, didn’t add any more time to my journey. Yay!!!