I have not read this manuscript yet because I don't have a subscription. However, why would the findings in this paper be any more or less fanatical than any other paper on climate change studies? They use the best available data and try to project possible risk.
Insulting statements such as labeling Global Warming experts as fanatics is inappropriate and rude. This paper, if it stands the test of time and if the short summary is backed up by the internal text, is an important finding and good news. We should be happy about this, not angry. However, it could in all right be as right or wrong as any other study. If one is exceptionally excited about this finding supporting one's political agenda or views, then one should be equally dismayed by the hoards of other studies that are weighing against them. There are more problems with climate change than sea level rise. Thankfully, sea level rise may end up being less severe than previously thought. Of course, temperature rise is currently being projected as more severe than previously modeled. Hopefully the whole disaster will be invalidated, but I'm not keeping my hopes up on that one. On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 9:19 AM, James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958) <conk...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Experts have cut the sea-level rise forecast IF the West Antarctic ice > sheet were to collapse due to Global Warming. The forecast has been > revised to 10 feet in 500 years, or 0.24 inches per year.* > > I recall that a sea-level rise of 20 to 50 feet had been predicted by Al > Gore and other Global Warming "experts" (fanatics) within decades. I also > recall that the Antarctic ice sheet has been getting thicker, i.e.: not > melting. > > My advice to people who have been traumatized by Al Gore's dire Global > Warming and Sea-Level Rising warnings is to start worrying about their > gums. > > * Research by U.K. Natural Environment Research Council and the Colorado > University Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science and > published in the journal Science 5/15/09. > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Associate Professor of Biology Texas A&M University-Texarkana Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology http://www.herpconbio.org http://www.twitter.com/herpconbio Fall Teaching Schedule & Office Hours: Landscape Ecology: T,R 10-11:40 pm Environmental Physiology: MW 1-2:40 pm Seminar: T 2:30-3:30pm Genetics: M 6-10pm Office Hours: M 3-6, T: 12-2, W: 3-4 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
