yeah, but right now AGW is the sexy headliner; once that is finished being discredited, he's saying that's where the DoomSayers will be going.
Yeah, but he's a partisan hack who wouldn't know astronomy from astrology.
This guy says it's going to be the next Big Scary Thing That The Science Is Beyond Debate On And You Must Give Up Control Of Your Life (and lots of money in grants, of course) To Scientists In Order To Avoid.
it'd be interesting to see if he's correct, and if so how long it will take for that trend to blow over. methinks it will take less time than AGW.
If anyone wants to read more on the basics of ocean acidification here is a no nonsense -presented in lay terms- faq covering a decent amount of ground and touching on some of what is known (and not known - there is a TON that is unknown yet) that I highly recommend:
FAQs about ocean acidification : OCB-OA
I just saw this thread hanging out at the bottom of the page, I do not venture into this subforum all that often anymore, but I was discussing acidification as a tangential conversation in Deuce's empirical evidence for agw thread, and had posted a link there that would actually fit here much better.
Oh, yeah, like we should trust a duck on ocean acidification. I'm on to you, fresh water fowl.
This guy says it's going to be the next Big Scary Thing That The Science Is Beyond Debate On And You Must Give Up Control Of Your Life (and lots of money in grants, of course) To Scientists In Order To Avoid.
it'd be interesting to see if he's correct, and if so how long it will take for that trend to blow over. methinks it will take less time than AGW.
, seriously damaging the public’s faith in the field — as precious a commodity as there is in civil society. Like lab rats that will do anything to keep the cocaine flowing, climate scientists, universities, and federal laboratories are addicted to the public’s money.
"..Why does the Greenland Ice Sheet Matter?
The Greenland Ice Sheet blankets 81% of Greenland Island. This monstrous ice slab stretches 2,480 kilometers (1,540 miles) long and up to 750 kilometers (465 miles) wide. The ice sheet is so big it would stretch from Key West, Florida, to 100 miles beyond Portland, Maine, covering a swath as wide as from Washington, D.C., to Indianapolis, Indiana. It’s 80% as big as the entire United States east of the Mississippi River. It’s not only huge, it’s also thick—an average of 2.3 kilometers (1.6 miles) thick. It contains roughly 8% of all of Earth’s fresh water.
Greenland’s Ice Sheet matters for:
Sea level: As the Greenland Ice Sheet melts, sea level rises. It is a direct, proven effect. This is the biggest reason for concern over Greenland. Scientists estimate that if the entire ice sheet melted, sea level would rise 23 feet. Depending on how rapidly such a change occurred, it could be a global-scale catastrophe because nearly one-third of the world’s population livs in or near a coastal zone. The global impact of several billion refugees and the negative impacts on coastal economic activity would be staggering.
A sea level rise of only two to three feet—the high end of current plausible scenarios for the next 20 years—would create serious global problems: increased coastal erosion, salt water encroachment, loss of barrier formations (islands, sand bars, and reefs), and increased storm surge damage. Through the 1990s, sea level rose at a rate of about 3 millimeters per year. The rate crept up to almost 4 millimeters per year by the end of last decade. For historical perspective, sea level has risen more than 380 feet since the last ice age 18,000 years ago. That’s an average rate of 2.5 inches (10 centimeters) per decade, or 10 millimeters per year. However, most of that rise occurred as the ice age ended. Sea level has been relatively stable for the past several millennia.
Ocean circulation: Sea level rise is not the only effect of a melting Greenland Ice Sheet. If the Greenland Ice Sheet melts at a faster rate, it will spread a slick of fresh water on top of the heavier salt water of the North Atlantic. This change in salinity could depress the Gulf Stream and alter North Atlantic circulation patterns that control weather in Europe....
mpore at:
[url]http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Greenland/greenland_sidebar.php
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