Re: I doubt your data.

"spintronic" <spintronic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 26 Aug, 13:52, "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"spintronic" <spintro...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On the subject of sea level rise.

I suspect, you have no real tentative data.

Could you point me to your source?

You cant even climb a few thousand feet, and your oxygen levels are
fucked.

What makes you believe you are so sure?

Sea level rise is only partly due to melting ice*. As I understand it,
most
of it is due to the thermal expansion of sea water as global temperatures
rise. The coefficient is of order 3 x 10^(-4) per K. Average depth of the
oceans is 3,800 metres. So a one degree rise in T (K or C) would result in
about a 1 metre rise in sea levels all over the world. Are you arguing
that
basic physics and chemistry is wrong?


I am arguing that you have no Idea how much Ice there actually is.


*Any ice already floating that melts has little or no net effect on sea
level rise. Ice on land that melts and flows into the sea will raise the
level also. Are you arguing that glaciation is increasing as the world
gets
warmer?


Don't be stupid.


Again. I am arguing that you have no Idea how much Ice is actually on
land.

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???

Personally, I am not a glaciologist, so literally that is true. I don't
understand what you are saying due to your incoherence.

If what you are saying is that because we don't know how much ice there is
on land (mostly in Antarctica) we cannot say that global warming will not
raise sea levels then you are wrong. Compared to the total amount of water
in the oceans the quantity in land-supported ice is small. Much of the rise
in sea levels from global warming is/will be due to thermal expansion.

Or are you saying that global warming will lead to a net transfer of water
to land in the form of ice? Seems improbable.

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Mike Dworetsky

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