Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Who Endorsed Obama Now Says Prez. is ‘Ridiculous’ & ‘Dead Wrong’ on ‘Global Warming’

[bluesjuke]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

He's an old phart who was a scientist decades ago, but now he's paid by a right wing think tank to say what they tell him to say and they can claim he's a "scientific authority" on whatever subject they want to keep in doubt in order to advance the fossil fuel agenda.

Ahh, couldn't get funding from the Church of Global Warming.

[chicagogeorge]

Originally Posted by Goodnight

You really need to visit some places on the east coast along the shoreline, Fire Island, the Jersey Shore, Norfolk VA, St Augustine Fl. Some really great buys along the shoreline if you wan the risk.

An entire communities on Staten Island have abandoned




After The Waves, Staten Island Homeowner Takes Sandy Buyout : NPR


http://www.weather.com/science/envir...sea-level-rise

Natural disasters such as Sandy are unavoidable. Communities will get destroyed, some will be rebuilt others not.


Sea level rise (and fall) is also unavoidable. Coastlines change in time.




Still many many people flocking to coastal communities, don't seem to be bothered by a 3 mm a year rise global sea level.

[Southern man]

Originally Posted by Goodnight

Obviously a good physicist but no background in climate change and very little interest.



Nobel Laureate Ivar Giaever: Obama Is 'Dead Wrong' on Climate Change : snopes.com

But, a lot more background in climate change than obuma

[Goodnight]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

Natural disasters such as Sandy are unavoidable. Communities will get destroyed, some will be rebuilt others not.


Sea level rise (and fall) is also unavoidable. Coastlines change in time.




Still many many people flocking to coastal communities, don't seem to be bothered by a 3 mm a year rise global sea level.

Sea level has risen by around 6 inches in the last century and the last decade the rate has increased to over 3mm per year, that is significant because of the short period of time.

Putting hurricanes aside many of these communities are flooding on a very frequent basis, and are one hurricane away from a very large disaster.

Yes people still buying in coastal communities, many have a short memory but many others are being impacted by fairly regular flooding some just from high tides.

In Norfolk, evidence of climate change is in the streets at high tide - The Washington Post