Re: References? (was Re: Global Warming)

[Rick Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

Well from the US Geological Survey
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/factsheet/fs133-99//gl_vol.html>
the MAXIMUM sea level rise with all the ice melting is over 80 meters.  So
in that extreme circumstance I would say NYC is in some trouble--maybe Mr.
Trump would be OK in his penthouse.  ;-)

Rick

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Green" <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: References? (was Re: Global Warming)


> Re -do your "thought" -- or at least recalculate the water height rise --
> even if _all_ the ice in the globe were to melt and ocean temperature were
> to rise by 2-3K NYC would not submerge -- not that this would not be a
good
> idea.
>
> JMG
>
> > Another self-regulating effect Gaia may have is this:  as the Earth
warms,
> > glaciers will melt.  Whatsmore, substances tend to expand with an
increase
> > in temperature.  This means GLOBALLY water levels will rise, washing-out
> > cities on the coast.  Given that many of the major metropli (What's the
> > plural of 'metropolis'?) lie on coastal waters, these cities will be
> > submerged, causing less pollution, flooding will cause loss of viable
> > cropland, the world's population will plummmet, and a new equilibrium
will
> > ensue.
> >
> > Just a though...
>
>
> Jim Green
> mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen