I have heard people say that the water cycle is holding more water in
general. I don't care enough to find sources to prove it. Regardless of
whether global warming exists, NOBODY can argue that burning carbon
fuels is good for our health and for the health of the environment. It
is quite the contrary.
-
MK

James Newton wrote:
> The nice thing about actual data is it removes any personal bias. I was
> rather amazed to find the following:
>
> <http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/data_menu.shtml?bdate=20011015&edate=20070
> 816&wl_sensor_hist=W5&relative=&datum=2&unit=1&shift=g&stn=8729210+Panama+Ci
> ty+Beach%2C+FL&type=Historic+Tide+Data&format=View+Plot>
>
> Looks pretty darn stable to me. I do NOT see a rising trend there. Anyone
> else got any ACTUAL data to share that conflicts with that? 
>
> If the ocean level rises in one part of the world, doesn't it pretty much
> have to rise all over, given some time for the water to move to the lowest
> point?
>
> If the ice was, in fact, melting on average over the world, would we not see
> a trend by now?
>
> Or is it that the oceans are so deep and broad that the water will not
> visibly rise until a much larger quantity of ice has melted?
>
> --
> James.
>
>   

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