Ice Melt

[rekees4300]

"Willis said that by the year 2100, Greenland alone could cause 3 or 4 feet (more than 1 meter) of sea level rise."

Earth's future is being written in fast-melting Greenland



What if ALL the ice on the planet melts? That could take 5,000 years, sea level rise 216 feet, the geography of Earth would be drastically altered.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2013/09/rising-seas-ice-melt-new-shoreline-maps/

 

[snymat68]

Thought this was going to be a thread about rock salt. :/

 

[LouNY]

me too, it's heading towards that time.
I need to tidy up my sand pile and order a load of mixed winter sand.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
That makes three of us, I thought that I had my seasons confused.

 

[CalG]

And Willis's step uncle said something entirely different. He said, she said. BS.

Change WILL happen. Such is life. What are you willing to give up while hoping for no change?

Just think, we won't be retiring in Florida! I never liked that place any way. ;-)

 

[EddieWalker]

Will the oceans even rise a noticeable amount if the glaciers and ice caps melt? Since the amount of ice at the Poles is increasing, should we worry about the oceans lowering, or is that even possible?

 

[CalG]

Will the oceans even rise a noticeable amount if the glaciers and ice caps melt? Since the amount of ice at the Poles is increasing, should we worry about the oceans lowering, or is that even possible?

Well, there once was a land bridge between NE Eurasia and the North American continent,
And those enterprising Scandinavians came over to North America and built stone works in what is now Maine New Hampshire and Mass.

 

[EddieWalker]

Well, there once was a land bridge between NE Eurasia and the North American continent,
And those enterprising Scandinavians came over to North America and built stone works in what is now Maine New Hampshire and Mass.

I forgot about the land bridge between Alaska and Russia.

 

[rekees4300]

Change WILL happen. Such is life. What are you willing to give up while hoping for no change?

Just think, we won't be retiring in Florida! I never liked that place any way. ;-)

Change IS happening and most people acknowledge it, but unfortunately it's human nature not to do anything unless the change becomes painful. Florida underwater would be painful for the snowbirds.

 

[Snobdds]

I'm not a huge climate change believer. I think we have a pollution problem, but climate change and pollution are mutually exclusive and should not be used interchangeably.

I'm an Actuary and I only deal in CREDIBLE numbers. For data to be credible, it must be; definable, repeatable, and more than 100 unique data points. We also use a fator to adjust data points, 100 points is far less predictable than 1000 points, so we assign a higher credibility to more data points by way of a completion factor.

Climate science with all the above data prerequisites is non existent. The data can not be repeatable, it's not universally definable and there are not enough data points going back to get good credible data. At most we have around 125 years of data compared to the billions of years earth has been around. That might sound like a lot, but considering the time horizon the earth has been around and changing, it's a very small statistical sample. Both sides make some compelling arguments, however both sides have been proven wrong with their theories.

Our species is not going to change the climate, there are forces at work that are far more powerful than human will. I also think it's foolish to try and obtain non-varying weather. The earth has been formed by varying weather patterns for billions of years, I think I would start to worry if the weather all of a sudden started being the same temperature on the same day year after year. I think I will stick with the idea that Climate change is good...