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Global warming resulting in faster sea level rise

Sea levels rising higher and faster, Sydney Morning Herald, Ben Cubby, May 5, 2011 SEA levels will rise higher and faster than the United Nations predicted just four years ago, a major international study has found.

The new data suggests that, on average, the seas will rise by up to 1.6 metres by the year 2100 – a finding that has serious implications for Australian governments grappling with coastal planning.

…… The rate is expected to accelerate as the world warms this century and the process will be compounded as more ice cover is lost. White ice fields reflect sunlight away from the Earth’s surface, whereas the darker oceans absorb more of the sun’s heat, amplifying global warming.
……: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/sea-levels-rising-higher-and-faster-20110504-1e8j7.html#ixzz1LVj077J2

May 5, 2011 - Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change

5 Comments »

  1. Do you know the answer to this question?

    The IPCC has stated that the Greenland Icecap, if it melts completely, will cause sea levels to rise as much as 7 metres.

    Can you tell me the time frame in which the IPCC suggests it may happen?

    Cheers

    Roger

    http://www.rogerfromnewzealand.wordpress.com

    ps yes I do know the answer and I can quote you the literature. This is just to test your knowledge.

    rogerthesurf's avatar Comment by rogerthesurf | May 5, 2011 | Reply

  2. Thank you, Roger. It is flattering that you think that I have this knowledge.
    But – no so.
    The whole point of this website, and of my motto “a cat can look at a king” – is that I am one of the many – the great unwashed, the hoi polloi, the peasantry. We do not have expert knowledge. We are not academically qualified. We rely on the media – which has mainly let us down badly, in spouting the propoganda of fossil fuel and other corporations.
    But – we do have an advantage – we think, we are open minded, and WE VOTE.

    Christina Macpherson's avatar Comment by Christina MacPherson | May 5, 2011 | Reply

    • But Christine!,
      your blog is devoted to passing on scientific articles of one sort or another.

      If you have no scientific knowledge, then how can you be possibly qualified to distinguish which are valid articles and which are not?

      Yes you do have the power to vote, and once again how can you possibly vote rationally if you do not understand the issues?

      The aim of my question above was to make a point about how and what we are being told about AGW and how no one is to be trusted.(This is why it is important to understand the issues)

      If you are truely open minded, maybe you will have an answer if I reframe the question for you?

      The IPCC has stated that the Greenland Icecap, if it melts completely, will cause sea levels to rise as much as 7 metres.

      From what you understand from media reports and what your friends and associates have discussed etc, do you think the time frame that the IPCC has given for the completion of the melt is about which of the following:-

      A 50 years, B 100 Years, C 300 Years, E 500 years, G 1,000 year, H Sometime after 1,000 years.

      Cheers

      Roger

      rogerthesurf's avatar Comment by rogerthesurf | May 7, 2011 | Reply

  3. Oh dear oh dear. I wonder what on Earth made Roger think that he is somehow appointed as the judge of who’s allowed to have a valid opinion, and who’s not?

    Christina Macpherson's avatar Comment by Christina MacPherson | May 7, 2011 | Reply


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