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Old 27-04-2008, 04:28 AM   #15 (permalink)
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but rest assured I'll be back to 'politely' point out your complete misunderstanding of the ice melting / sea level rise situation.
Don't worry while you are gone I will explain it to them:

"What If All the Ice Melts?" Myths and Realities (Wm. Robert Johnston, B.A. Astronomy, M.S. Physics)
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Originally Posted by Wm. Robert Johnston
Arctic Ocean pack ice = 0.01 % Fraction of world ice - The melting of floating ice will not change sea level: the mass of this ice is equal to that of the water it displaces (watch the water level in a cup of floating ice cubes as they melt).
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Originally Posted by Wm. Robert Johnston
Based on what we know now, in the next 100 years a rise in sea level of 0.1 meters (4 inches) would not be surprising; those predicting changes of 0.5-2 meters (1.5-7 feet) are using flawed models.
Claim That Sea Level Is Rising Is a Total Fraud (PDF) (Nils-Axel Mörner, Emeritus Professor of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics, Stockholm University)

Observed Changes in Sea Level (IPCC)
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Originally Posted by IPCC
Based on tide gauge data, the rate of global mean sea level rise during the 20th century is in the range 1.0 to 2.0 mm/yr. No significant acceleration in the rate of sea level rise during the 20th century has been detected.
Falling - Arctic dips as global waters rise (BBC)
Falling - Falling sea level upsets theory of global warming (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
Falling - Global Warming Can Make Sea Level Plunge (BBC)
Falling - Global Warming Will Lower Sea Levels (Fred Singer, Ph.D. Physics)
Falling - Oceans to fall, not rise, over millions of years (Reuters)
Falling - Sea Levels Are Falling Over the Long Term Because of Lower Basins (The New York Times)

IPCC Falsifies Sea Level Data (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
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