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Scientists warn of sea level rise
The researchers are starting a tour of East Coast U.S. cities, warning a sea level rise of more than 3 feet is likely this century as a result of the accelerated melting.
The "Hip Boot Tour" started Tuesday in Philadelphia and will include stops in Portland, Maine; Hampton, N.H.; Norfolk, Va.; Wilmington, N.C.; Miami; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Tampa, Fla.; New York and Washington.
"Our colleagues in the arctic science community have uncovered startling new evidence that we are losing the world's ice reservoirs much faster than predicted in the last report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," said arctic policy expert Brooks Yeager of the non-profit organization Clean Air-Cool Planet, which is sponsoring the tour. "Basically, the estimates of likely sea level rise have gone from knee-high to chest-high in the last five years, as the melting is outstripping even the previous worst-case scenario."
Each symposium will also feature a discussion of available policy solutions.
"The bottom line is, if we want to keep the sea water where it is, we have to act quickly," Yeager said. "The good news is, we have what we need. We just need to do it."
More information is available at http://www.hipboottour.info.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 10/21/2009
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10-27-2009 11:10
nick wrote:
people should be aware of smarter people in the sicience world not be a know it all make comments that confuses people.
10-27-2009 11:09
nick wrote:
people should be aware of the smarter people in this world instead of being a smart ass
10-27-2009 03:40
The Skud wrote:
Deep waters?
Could somebody ask these experts if they are counting only ice presently on land, only ice presently floating on water, or both?
I hope they remembered that ice floating on water does not add to the surrounding water if it melts!
Try floating some half-dozen ice-cubes in water, adding water to just fill a glass - you won't get a flood.
That high (or should that be deep) forecast seems at odds even with most other doom merchants, let alone the naysayers.
Let's build a "great wall of china" around the coastlines, along with huge pumping stations to push river waters out over the top ... that should get rid of the unemployment in the countries!
I hope they remembered that ice floating on water does not add to the surrounding water if it melts!
Try floating some half-dozen ice-cubes in water, adding water to just fill a glass - you won't get a flood.
That high (or should that be deep) forecast seems at odds even with most other doom merchants, let alone the naysayers.
Let's build a "great wall of china" around the coastlines, along with huge pumping stations to push river waters out over the top ... that should get rid of the unemployment in the countries!
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