Reply #44: Sea level rises will not be uniform across the globe [View All]

[NickB79]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29038051/ns/us_news-environment/

"This vast swath of ice is the anchor for numerous glaciers that drain into the polar sea and is bounded by the Ross and Ronne Ice Shelves. Whether or when this ice sheet might melt is still very uncertain, but even a partial melt would have a bigger impact on some coastal areas than others.

The new research found that sea level rise would not be uniform around the globe, owing to odd gravitational effects and predicted shifts in the planet's rotation."

As to not seeing the seas rise: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentslc.html

"Sea levels are rising worldwide and along much of the U.S. coast. (IPCC, 2007) Tide gauge measurements and satellite altimetry suggest that sea level has risen worldwide approximately 4.8-8.8 inches (12-22 cm) during the last century (IPCC, 2007). A significant amount of sea level rise has likely resulted from the observed warming of the atmosphere and the oceans."

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"While the global average sea level rise of the 20th century was 4.4-8.8 inches, the sea level has not risen uniformly from region to region.

In the United States:

* Sea level has been rising 0.08-0.12 inches per year (2.0-3.0 mm per year) along most of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
* The rate of sea level rise varies from about 0.36 inches per year (10 mm per year) along the Louisiana Coast (due to land sinking), to a drop of a few inches per decade in parts of Alaska (because land is rising). See Figure 1 for sea level trends in selected cities."

Unless you've lived on the coast for decades, and have been keeping precise records for that entire time, it's not likely you'd even notice much of a change, depending on where you live. According to all the major scientific organizations reporting on the issue, we have indeed seen sea level rises in the past century, so your opinion is NOT actually backed by any facts.