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To: lepton
You understand that the earth is neither a sphere, nor a perfect ellipsoid, yes?

After further reading on this subject, yes I do. What you are saying is that there may be a rise in ocean height more in one location of the globe than in another location on the globe.

I will accept that but then add, where is all the water going to come from to raise the ocean levels to the anticipated heights stated in the article?

My answer is, it ain't going to happen based on my prior post.

97 posted on 03/04/2024 1:37:21 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

The primary projected rise in sea level is simple thermal expansion of the water already in the ocean. This has not been well-predicted, as the oceans have not warmed in the manner the models expected - so while there is some continued increase in volume, it has not at all fit the predictions.

In addition comes some continued glacial melting, though that makes up an ever smaller proportion of the added water.

Many of the early claims would say something like “If the ice cap on Greenland melted it would raise sea levels x amount”, while failing to mention that even a 10C warming would only melt a small amount of the two mile high Greenland Ice Cap which is mostly contained within the bowl-shaped mountainous terrain. Similar issues exist with the Antarctic ice mass: The bulk of the ice is just too high of an altitude.


98 posted on 03/04/2024 3:15:08 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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