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Bumping this thread to show that Hurricane Sandy came up the bore with EIGHT feet or more of water (THIRTEEN according to CBS news), and there are now REAL pictures to prove what happens with that amount of water. The THREE foot rise claimed by NBC back in 2009, and their graphics showing the "effect" caused by melting ice now look all the more stupid.
Bumping this thread to show that Hurricane Sandy came up the bore with EIGHT feet or more of water (THIRTEEN according to CBS news), and there are now REAL pictures to prove what happens with that amount of water. The THREE foot rise claimed by NBC back in 2009, and their graphics showing the "effect" caused by melting ice now look all the more stupid.
Bumping this AGAIN, as tonight's NBC News had a report from Antarctica where the reporter claimed that if all the ice there melted, the sea levels would rise "the length of two football fields." The length of an NFL football field is 360 feet. The reporter is therefore claiming a sea level rise of 720 feet.
The consistency of NBC News over-stating the effects of global climate change is so egregious, that if journalists were licensed, I would be calling for the licenses of the journalists AND the network to be revoked and the "journalists" (blatant liars is a better phrase) barred from reporting.
Media always leads with the most extreme to grab viewership. If we rely on science, it's scary enough
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Originally Posted by USGS
If Earth’s climate continues to warm, then the volume of present-day ice sheets will decrease. Melting of the current Greenland ice sheet would result in a sea-level rise of about 6.5 meters; melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet would result in a sea-level rise of about 8 meters (table 1). The West Antarctic ice sheet is especially vulnerable, because much of it is grounded below sea level. Small changes in global sea level or a rise in ocean temperatures could cause a breakup of the two buttressing ice shelves (Ronne/Filchner and Ross). The resulting surge of the West Antarctic ice sheet would lead to a rapid rise in global sea level. Reduction of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets similar to past reductions would cause sea level to rise 10 or more meters. A sea-level rise of 10 meters would flood about 25 percent of the U.S. population, with the major impact being mostly on the people and infrastructures in the Gulf and East Coast States (fig. 3). Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey and elsewhere are investigating the magnitude and timing of sea-level changes during previous interglacial intervals. Better documentation and understanding of these past changes will improve our ability to estimate the potential for future large-scale changes in sea level.
Hey, even Al Gore said you got to exagerate to get the people's attention.
I do agree that this crossed the line from exageration to fabrication.
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