Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong
Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong
A geologist explains that climate change is not just about a global average sea rise.
I don't think I have ever seen gravity described as strong before. The whole Earth is pulling me down yet I can jump
Agreed, I'm going to have to see the numbers on that. I don't believe the gravitational attraction of an ice sheet on land would have the effect he's talking about. It's a measurable effect for sure, but the rise from the extra water, land rebound and warming is a much much bigger effect.
He's trying to convince the Dutch not to worry about Greenland? Wtf for? It's one planet my dude, if Greenland melts other places are going to melt as well. Who cares what ice contributes the most? Lot of good that's going to do when your house is below water.
We should be worried about climate change and we should be acting to counteract it. Going around with these nonsense theories doesn't help one bit, even if they are correct which I highly doubt. It just confuses the story, where we require clarity.
Checked other sources: the effect he is talking about causes a local rise of only 1 to 2cm max and isn't even measurable out to 1000km. So 30 meters over 2000km is pure bullshit.
Compare and contrast to the number of metres predicted by 2100 from melted ice and thermal expansion
I wonder if Pangaea, Gondwana and Laurasia are remnants of repeated climate change along with plate tectonics.
Well, absolutely they they are. They're products of a changing system, and here we are.
...for now, anyway.
...but we weren't