From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Another Left-Wing Lie Site
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:10:47 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-22 16:05, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:11:09 -0800
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2025-02-22 14:37, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:46:11 -0800
>>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-02-22 12:44, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:36:03 -0800
>>>>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2025-02-22 12:18, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>>>>>> Mercy-a-lago wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:41 -0800
>>>>>>>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-22 09:14, tye syding wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:29:05 -0800
>>>>>>>>>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Do you supposed that when sea levels rise
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can you predict when that is going to happen?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It is happening right now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1/8th of an inch per year = normal glacial melt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you implying that the 1/8 rise then falls 1/8 in a yearly
>>>>>>> cycle?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let him think about it...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html
>>>>>
>>>>> The two major causes of global sea level rise are thermal
>>>>> expansion caused by warming of the ocean (since water expands as
>>>>> it warms) and increased melting of land-based ice, such as
>>>>> glaciers and ice sheets.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the
>>>>> ocean is also not flatâin other words, the sea surface is not
>>>>> changing at the same rate globally. Sea level rise at specific
>>>>> locations may be more or less than the global average due to many
>>>>> local factors: subsidence, upstream flood control, erosion,
>>>>> regional ocean currents, variations in land height, and whether
>>>>> the land is still rebounding from the compressive weight of Ice
>>>>> Age glaciers.
>>>>
>>>> From your own source, sunshine:
>>>>
>>>> 'Yes, sea level is rising at an increasing rate'
>>>
>>> 1/8 th inch per year - minimal.
>>
>> "at an increasing rate": do you understand what that means?
>>
>
> I understand their stated "rate" is 1/8" per year.
>
> No increases from that of late.
I know you'll break your noodle when you realize this, but:
There can never be an "increase" (or decrease) in a CURRENT rate.