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U.S. East Coast a Hotspot of Sea-Level Rise

Posted by timothy on from the because-of-all-the-sand-pumping-projects dept.

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."

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  1. It has nothing to do with global warming by Overzeetop · · 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

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    1. Re:It has nothing to do with global warming by trout007 · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think Congressman Hank Johnson would agree with your theory.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg

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    2. Re:It has nothing to do with global warming by sycodon · · Score: 1, Funny

      The biggest problem with Slashdot is the whining.

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    3. Re:It has nothing to do with global warming by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

  2. Good thing I live in North Carolina by GungaDan · · Score: 4, Funny

    where that kind of shit is illegal!

    http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/05/30/nc-makes-sea-level-rise-illegal/

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  3. Slashdot. Still beating the dead horse... by Mr.+Firewall · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...of CAGW. It's been, what, 2 1/2 years now since it was exposed as a hoax?

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  4. It's OK by srussia · · Score: 3, Funny

    According to TFA, the sea-level is receding on various spots on the west coast (Seattle, San Francisco). Looks like the country tilting right!

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    1. Re:It's OK by Comboman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Looks like the country tilting right!

      I blame Fox News.

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  5. Re:Or maybe by ackthpt · · Score: 4, 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.

    |o)

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