In reply to leaking pen's message of Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:30:27 -0700: Hi, >except water is still reflective, more reflective than land, and large >amounts of land surface become water, yes? [snip] Not that you would notice. The rise in sea surface level has barely been millimeters AFAIK, and the effect on reduction of land surface area has been minimal. Besides, this effect is lost in the noise of the tides anyway (when the tide comes in it covers far more land surface than would be affected by the minimal rise in sea level. The loss of ice cover is far more important, and may be the largest contributing factor to the rapid warming of the polar regions.
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
