--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 3:46 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rising seas threaten sacred Indian island > > > The oceanographer quotes in the piece says: "...we are losing land to the > sea." > > Well, which is it? A rising sea of land giving way and crumbling into the > sea? > > Again, if it is a rising sea, would it not have to rise along with "sea > level" and all the oceans of the world would be rising simultaneously? > That's what's happening Shempy-baby. The fact that you don't understand this > basic point despite all your global warming denial shows how woefully > uninformed or misinformed you are on the subject. Read up: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sea_level_rise > The sea is also rising due to thermal expansion, i.e., when water gets > warmer, it expands. >
No, it's YOU who doesn't understand the concept of "sea level". Every ocean is at sea level. If one interconnected body rises, all must rise. So if, as the article indicates, there is a rise due to rising sea level (as opposed to the eroding of the land of the island which would have nothing to do with rising sea level) then that would be experienced equally in NYC and LA to the rise on that island.
