To: Lorianne
As Alaska Glaciers Melt, Its Land Thats Rising
So, what happens to land areas where Glaciers are growing or coming back? Do the sea levels around them rise? If that's the case, then growing Glaciers cause sea level to rise, and melting Glaciers cause sea levels to rise. Catch 22 in climate change.
But, if land areas are growing in Alaska as a result of melting ice/snow, shouldn't people the world over be wishing for more global warming so we can get more land?
Now, if the global warming scaremongers are right and melting Glaciers and melting polar ice will cause sea levels to rise, why are they discounting the gain in land areas from the mountains and areas where the ice and snow are disappearing? So, while there might be rising sea levels in some areas, the world makes it up with the newly exposed land areas where the ice and snow used to be.
28 posted on
12/20/2009 8:00:55 PM PST by
adorno
To: adorno
“In and around Juneau, you can walk around and see what was underwater is turning into grassland and eventually into forest, Dr. Hood said.”
Wouldn’t that be a good thing since we need more trees to help absorb all the carbon dioxide we filthy humans expell? You just can’t make them happy.
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