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Australia sucks up ocean's waters, sea levels study shows
news.com.au ^
| 22nd August 2013
Posted on 08/22/2013 2:08:01 PM PDT by naturalman1975
THE world's sea levels fell in 2011 and it's all Australia's doing.
New US research shows Australia's dry soil and mountainous coastline soaked up heavy rainfall in 2010 and 2011 and stopped it from flowing back into the ocean.
That effectively halted a longterm trend of rising sea levels which have been caused by higher temperatures and melting ice sheets.
"No other continent has this combination of atmospheric set-up and topography," scientist John Fasullo, who worked on the study, said in a statement.
"Only in Australia could the atmosphere carry such heavy tropical rains to such a large area, only to have those rains fail to make their way to the ocean."
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; continentaldrift; platetectonics
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To: henkster
For the record I had my R&R in Australia in 1972 and it was absolutely the best time I ever had with the friendliest people and big big cans of Fosters.
My cousin had the same from Vietnam and always talks about the great time he had there. Skydiving, etc.
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:40:39 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: naturalman1975
With all that rainwater being soaked up it won’t be a desert for long. The whole interior will look like the Everglades soon and the bushmen will become the new Swamp Men.
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:42:09 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: count-your-change
Well I, for one, am very concerned that if Australia soaks up too much water, it will tip over. Like Guam.
TC
To: SierraWasp
Ah yes - Lake Eyre.
Core of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When sick at heart, around us,
We see the cattle die -
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady, soaking rain.
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:46:38 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:47:40 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:49:05 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Drone strike on Michael Grunwald: you know it makes sense)
To: Pentagon Leatherneck
...it will tip over. Like Guam.Then all the water will run back into the ocean!
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:50:07 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: naturalman1975
I'm confused. I know it's our fault and all that but I'm not clear whether it's a good bad or a bad bad.
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:50:35 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Pentagon Leatherneck
But Australia’s a lot bigger than Guam.
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:51:00 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: SierraWasp
I got my proof offa PBS with their recent "Nature" show on some of Australia's pelicans that all of a sudden head to the middle of their continent, deep into the "outback" into an area known as Ayer's sea. Just about the time they are circling to land, here comes that monsoonal moisture in humunguous cloud-bursts and the floods all rush to the middle of the country filling a huge natural sump-hole like an inland sea!!! I saw that very episode just recently.It was pretty impressive,actually.Having visited the Outback...in summer...I can attest to the fact that it's really hot,really dry,and really big.In fact,"hot enough to boil a monkey's bum"...as Monty Python observed in their skit about Australia.
To: dinoparty
Excuse no. 3,126 for the failure of the seas to keep rising.this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth. Barrack Hussein Obama II, Speech in St. Paul, Minnesota (3 June 2008)
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:57:46 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
08/22/2013 2:58:55 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
To: henkster
So why did he return to USA? A co-worker of mine was a former flight attendant. She said the Aussies were the friendliest.
To: naturalman1975
What, Natutalman, you're hogging all that water that should go to the little fishes? You're in big trouble, the watermelons will be targeting you big time.
Wait till they find out you're hoarding sea ice down under as well, this won't be pretty.
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posted on
08/22/2013 3:01:39 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: naturalman1975
Some how, some way, they had to find some reason that globull warming really is “true” and here we go. A continent island is trapping all the water!
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posted on
08/22/2013 3:02:45 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(I am thankful to be God blessed & chosen! Are you!?)
To: vpintheak
Are the “scientists” who write this BS insane or what? I guess they are seeking continuing funding from taxpayers so they think-up this crap and attend useless seminars.
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posted on
08/22/2013 3:08:00 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: naturalman1975; Liz; AT7Saluki
They suck in a big way yet save the planet. Could be a Hillary campaign theme.
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posted on
08/22/2013 3:08:50 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: headstamp 2; henkster
I can confirm, ...both the Aussies and the Kiwis had to throw me out to get rid of me.
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posted on
08/22/2013 3:08:58 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Navy Patriot
Thanks to all of you guys for your service.
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posted on
08/22/2013 3:12:05 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: SierraWasp
Pelicans? Taste just like chicken.. Who knows? Giant aquifers may be opening as the crust of the earth goes mushy and sea levels adjust accordingly? Ya never know.. The earth is a living breathing thing if you will.. Pot bellies migrate.. :-)
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