Keep in mind that all these various estimates of sea level rise are just that...estimates. An estimate of a parameter is only as good as the data and the methodology used to calculate the estimate. It seems to me that most published estimates are indicating an increase in sea level rise and that is really all we can safely concluded from the collective wisdom of the various studies and publications. Averaging across studies (which I have not done) would probably show that an average of the averages is positive.
When there are a slew papers predicting no increase or a decline in sea level, then we can declare Al Gore et al. reactionary idiots. Also, I read in the New York Times that flossing and regular brushing will take care of most gum diseases. In that same news paper I read that the solutions to estimated sea level rise are somewhat more complicated. -------------------------------------------------------------- Conor P. McGowan, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Research Associate USGS, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 12100 Beech Forest Rd. Laurel, MD 20708 EM:cmcgo...@usgs.gov Ph:301 497 5632 --------------------------------------------------------------- -----"Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> wrote: ----- To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU From: "James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958)" <conk...@cfl.rr.com> Sent by: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> Date: 05/17/2009 10:19AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised 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.
