"Even though they seem far away, changes in the polar regions could have an impact on both hemispheres, with sea level rise and changes in climate patterns," he said.
Ack. Sea level rise, again.
You'd think the TOPEX/Poseidon project was some kind of top secret eyes-only thing that only the President & Joint Chiefs knew about. Fortunately, it isn't. The TOPEX/Poseidon satellite measured sea-level data in real time from 1992 until the satellite malfunctioned in 2006, and the actual empirical data it provides shows that the ocean level has risen by a whopping 3 millimeters per year since then. At that rate, it would rise 30 cm, or a little less than one foot, by the year 2100. Not exactly the holy-shit-let's-evacuate-Miami doomsayers want us to believe, is it.
Fact: the planet is warming up. Speculation: humans can do something about it. Crazy-ass paranoia designed to make Al Gore's publisher rich: the planet's in danger and we're all gonna die. (Okay, we ARE all gonna die, but not from global warming :))
Actually, yes, recent sea level rises have been relatively quite small.. however, any "forecasts" predicting more of the same simply aren't factoring the rises that would be associated with large ice melts... which most experts agree are on the way late this century. And if anything, ice melts have been occurring sooner and with more vigor than the conservative model runs, which IPCC tends to use (watered down climate forecasting for the masses)
Additionally, as the earth's oceans continue to warm, sea level rise starts to increase at ultimately near-exponentially faster rates.
Actually, even today's corporatized EPA has this to say:Higher temperatures are expected to further raise sea level by expanding ocean water, melting mountain glaciers and small ice caps, and causing portions of Greenland and the Antarctic ice sheets to melt. The IPCC estimates that the global average sea level will rise between 0.6 and 2 feet (0.18 to 0.59 meters) in the next century (IPCC, 2007
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Ack. Sea level rise, again.
You'd think the TOPEX/Poseidon project was some kind of top secret eyes-only thing that only the President & Joint Chiefs knew about. Fortunately, it isn't. The TOPEX/Poseidon satellite measured sea-level data in real time from 1992 until the satellite malfunctioned in 2006, and the actual empirical data it provides shows that the ocean level has risen by a whopping 3 millimeters per year since then. At that rate, it would rise 30 cm, or a little less than one foot, by the year 2100. Not exactly the holy-shit-let's-evacuate-Miami doomsayers want us to believe, is it.
Fact: the planet is warming up. Speculation: humans can do something about it. Crazy-ass paranoia designed to make Al Gore's publisher rich: the planet's in danger and we're all gonna die. (Okay, we ARE all gonna die, but not from global warming :))
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Additionally, as the earth's oceans continue to warm, sea level rise starts to increase at ultimately near-exponentially faster rates.
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