Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-19 Thread David M. Lawrence
t;Even in Bamber's world," he said, referring to the study's lead author, "there is more than enough ice to cause serious harm to the world's coastlines." - Original Message - From: "James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958)" To: Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-18 Thread James Crants
ced." > > > > Robert Bindschadler, a specialist in polar ice at NASA's Goddard Space > > Flight Center, said the study provided only a low estimate of > Antarctica's > > possible long-term contribution to rising seas because it did not deal > with > > oth

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-18 Thread malcolm McCallum
sms that could add water to the ocean. > > The prime question, he said, remains what will happen in the next 100 years > or so, and other recent work implies that a lot of ice can be shed within > that time. > "Even in Bamber's world," he said, referring to the study

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-18 Thread Amartya Saha
re only some of them. Others, like dissolved CO2 in the oceans, are serious and not so controversial. Bill Silvert - Original Message - From: "James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958)" To: Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:19 PM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised Experts have cut

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-18 Thread Conor McGowan
gical Society of America: grants, jobs, news" wrote: - To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU From: "James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958)" Sent by: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" Date: 05/17/2009 10:19AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised Exper

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-18 Thread William Silvert
e than enough ice to cause serious harm to the world's coastlines." - Original Message - From: "James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958)" To: Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:19 PM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised Experts have cut the sea-level rise forecast IF

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-18 Thread rnmowbray
The fact that increased concentrations of greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere are causing global climate change, much more serious than just global warming, should not be controversial. The pace at which it is occurring, what climate changes will occur where and when, what the impacts of these

[ECOLOG-L] CLIMATE Change Research quality and qualities plus data hoarding by hordes of scientists? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-17 Thread Wayne Tyson
above, citing the reasons for each change, including additions. Gratefully, WT - Original Message - From: "malcolm McCallum" To: Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised I have not read this manuscript yet because I don't

[ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-17 Thread Ganter, Philip
st come from another source. Phil Ganter Dept. of Biological Sciences Tennessee State University [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] on behalf of James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958) [conk...@cfl.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, May

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-17 Thread William Silvert
us and not so controversial. Bill Silvert - Original Message - From: "James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958)" To: Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:19 PM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised Experts have cut the sea-level rise forecast IF the West Antarctic ice sheet wer

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-17 Thread malcolm McCallum
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 labe

[ECOLOG-L] Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-17 Thread James T. Conklin (BSME UMD 1958)
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