Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped

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Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 3, 2012 @08:22AM from the time-to-invest-in-boat-companies dept.

riverat1 writes "Sea level rise won't stop for several hundred years even if we reverse global warming, according to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. As warmer water is mixed down into the oceans, it causes thermal expansion of the water. Under the best emissions scenario, the expected rise is 14.2 cm by 2100; under the worst, 32.2 cm from thermal expansion alone. Any water pumped from aquifers or glacial/ice sheet melt is added to that."

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Bye Florida! by ColdWetDog · 2012-07-03 08:25 · Score: 4, Funny

Serves you right. You let all those New Yorkers in and bad things happen....

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1. Re:Bye Florida! by kelemvor4 · 2012-07-03 11:04 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  meh.. I live in Florida. About a mile from the Gulf of Mexico. 588cm above sea level. The expensive beach house owners might have to worry but much of FL will be just fine. Who knows, maybe someday my house will become a beach house!
Bad news unless you are in North Carolina by Jeff1946 · 2012-07-03 08:27 · Score: 5, Funny

It will be ok in North Carolina since their legislature said you can only use linear extrapolations of sea level rise to plan building in coastal areas. Guess they didn't get beyond simple algebra in school (no quadratic equations etc).
1. Re:Bad news unless you are in North Carolina by MobileTatsu-NJG · 2012-07-03 08:58 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Algebra? That sounds Arabic. Must be a terrorist training camp. Shut it down!
  I heard they were working on weapons of math destruction!
  
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2. Re:Bad news unless you are in North Carolina by Artifakt · 2012-07-03 11:29 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  We don't need you Liberals telling us where Al Gore ithms got their start, you leftist hippy!
  (And if you're not sure if I'm joking either, then God bless you))
  
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3. Re:Bad news unless you are in North Carolina by Samantha+Wright · 2012-07-03 11:46 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You don't understand; it's a cultural exchange program! They just want to integrate!
  
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Then wtf am I doing driving this Prius?!? by crazyjj · 2012-07-03 08:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Should have known better than to try to save that ungrateful environment. I'm buying an SUV.
Suck my balls, you lying hippies!

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Re:Nothing to worry about by Nick+Fel · 2012-07-03 08:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Screw Jesus. I want Noah. Praise be Noah!
Re:It's briefly touched upon in TFA by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-03 08:36 · Score: 5, Funny

I know, I never liked Florida either.
Re:Sell! by KhabaLox · 2012-07-03 08:40 · Score: 4, Funny

32cm is like, over 12 inches. That's gonna be noticeable.
Somewhere in there is a "Your Mom" joke, straining against the seams to get out.

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Re:The sky is falling... by MickyTheIdiot · 2012-07-03 08:43 · Score: 5, Funny

It's a poorly understood fact that any unwanted facts can simply go "poof" if you scream LIBURAL LIBURAL LIBURAL over and over.
Re:Sell! by ackthpt · 2012-07-03 08:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Time to unload all that beachfront property. 32cm is like, over 12 inches. That's gonna be noticeable.
A-ha! I own the property just behind yours! I'm that much closer to having beachfront property!
I once opened a fortune cookie to read: You'll make your home in the mountains and by the sea.
I didn't realize it meant at the same time.

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Listen and understand. by feepness · 2012-07-03 09:06 · Score: 4, Funny

That global warming is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until your tootsies are completely soaked.