I lived on the water in Seabrook TX (south of Houston, near NASA) from 1969-1973. The land there sank 2-3 ft. (WRT sea level) during that time, which was attributed to pumping too much fresh water out of the aquifer.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Meade Dillon via Mercedes > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 3:29 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] (no subject) > > I believe that before "climate change" became popular, a study had > determined that Miami was sinking due to Man's actions that reduced the > amount of fresh water in the everglades. Basically less fresh water in the > everglades was drying out the structure under Miami, and so it was shrinking > and subsiding. > > Determining the root cause of sea level change in any location requires a > careful study of all the factors. When we visit the Charleston aquarium, I > make > a point of showing my daughter the map that shows South Carolina's coastline > in present day and in past ages, I think they show a coastline from 10,000 > years > ago and several million years ago. They show the coastline has been further > out on the continental shelf where we now have ocean, and also much further > inland, like 100 miles inland. THAT is climate change, and it has occurred and > will continue to occur no matter what Man does or does not do. > > ------------- _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
