Sea Level Could Rise in South, Fall in North

Der Spiegel ^ | Dec. 2, 2010 | Gerald Traufetter

[PROCON]

I know AGW is bunk, but this author poses an interesting "what if" scenario.

Thanks to all FR science types for your input on this hypothesis.

[PROCON]

Ping!

[Oshkalaboomboom]

This must have been what Randi Rhoades was talking about when she said she hoped Rush Limbaugh’s house would wash away.

[Hodar]

Scientists are trying to get a better picture of the complex phenomenon, which also depends on a host of natural factors.

So, AGW Scientists (and I use that word LOOSELY) are trying to blame a potential problem on one man made hoax, instead of "a host of natural factors". Am I missing something?

[2dollarbill]

The sea level has been going up and down since the beginning of time. If the sea rises, buy a houseboat. If the sea sevel goes down, dig clams & be happy. So what’s the problem?

[beethovenfan]

Operative word: “COULD”. Any idiot can predict that something COULD happen.

[sodpoodle]

Good grief - do we really have to go over this again?

The Earth revolves around the sun. The moon affects the oceans’ tides.

Then there’s gravity.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx PROCON !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[huldah1776]

Speaking of which - its a La Nina winter like 1955

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,732303,00.html

[NonValueAdded]

♫ The waves on the sea go up and down, up and down, up and down ... ♫

[tubebender]

Are you telling me the ocean rises in one spot and falls in another and you expect me to believe it???

[huldah1776]

Sorry, copied the wrong address. :) Must be my frozen fingers.
La Nina 1955 conditions

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/jsj/news/109921289.html

[stormer]

Really? Where'd all that water go?

[PROCON]

Where'd all that water go?

I'll bite, where?

Tides?

[Lazlo in PA]

Wow. Some poet socialist Euro trash writer says the sky might fall and we think there are interesting concepts here? It's Der Spiegel. They prey every night in their Druid fashion to trees that more people believe this to expand their control over our lives.

Said Euro trash:

[Osage Orange]

The more boats they float...increases the sea level.

Do they say anything about that?

[SnuffaBolshevik]

[BookmanTheJanitor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy

That’s the Bay of Fundy famous for its’ tides.

[UCANSEE2]

The very ground itself rises and falls all the time, especially along the coastline.

Some continents, the ocean rises on one coast while it is falling on the other.

The oceans are fairly constant, and do not change their median level. What happens is that the ground (the crust) moves, and makes it appear that the sea is rising or falling.

Just look at the volcanoes that pop up out of the ocean. If you measured sea level around their perimeter, you could conclude the ocean was falling.

[hripka]

This article can’t be right.

“For instance, while seas have risen by about 15 centimeters in the tropical Western Pacific, the ocean near San Francisco has fallen by about the same amount.”

They are NOT talking about tides.