U.S. East Coast a Hotspot of Sea-Level Rise 266
Harperdog writes "Nature just published this study of sea-level rise and how global warming does not force the it to happen everywhere at the same rate. Interesting stuff about what, exactly, contributes to this uneven rise, and how the East Coast of the U.S., which used to have a relatively low sea level, is now a hotspot in that the sea level there is rising faster than elsewhere."
It has nothing to do with global warming (Score:5, Funny)
Global warming is myth. The sea levels are rising on the east coast of the US because all the fat Americans are causing a shift in mass distribution and locally higher gravitational forces.
The nurse is here with my medication...brb
Good thing I live in North Carolina (Score:5, Funny)
where that kind of shit is illegal!
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/05/30/nc-makes-sea-level-rise-illegal/ [scientificamerican.com]
Re:It has nothing to do with global warming (Score:2, Funny)
I think Congressman Hank Johnson would agree with your theory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg [youtube.com]
Slashdot. Still beating the dead horse... (Score:3, Funny)
...of CAGW. It's been, what, 2 1/2 years now since it was exposed as a hoax?
It's OK (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Or maybe (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps the east coast is sinking, relative to the rest of the world?
I'm still here in California, waiting for the Big One .. when all the land East of the San Andreas Fault slides off into the Atlantic.
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Re:It's OK (Score:5, Funny)
I blame Fox News.
Re:It has nothing to do with global warming (Score:2, Funny)
The biggest problem with Slashdot is the whining.
Re:It has nothing to do with global warming (Score:4, Funny)
The locks are all that's currently holding South America to North America. South America would spin off from the effect of ocean tides (Chile would get much chillier), and crash into Antarctica, killing millions of hapless penguins, but potentially providing a great relocation area for the dwindling polar bear population.