NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Sea level rise (off-topic)
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Jul 7, 20:34 -0500
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Jul 7, 20:34 -0500
Robert wrote: "The current warming up of the earth is caused by other processes, most of which appear to be the result of our wasteful spending of natural resources." Tide gauge data --available online-- shows a linear increase in sea level over the past 150 years. For example, here's the historical tide gauge data for The Battery in southern Manhattan: http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?stnid=8518750 Sea level has been rising steadily at a rate of about 25cm per century in this part of the world. This is consistent with "global warming" but inconsistent with man-made global warming, which should show significant non-linearity in the past 150 years. CO2-generation by industry has been increasing geometrically along with global GDP. Sea level rise is linear. I'm not trying to start a debate --just pointing out real hard data on what sea level is actually doing long-term. The seas may overwhelm us one of these days, but it hasn't started yet. -FER 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
