Daily Archives: November 29, 2010

Sea level has risen 120 meters in the last 14,000 years. Why aren’t the Maldives underwater? As sea level rises coral reefs grow upwards. They thus track the rising sea level. Using the relationship between depth at which corals of … Continue reading →

http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-chapter5.pdf Global mean sea level has been rising. From 1961 to 2003, the average rate of sea level rise was 1.8 ± 0.5 mm yr–1. For the 20th century, the average rate was 1.7 ± 0.5 mm yr–1, consistent with … Continue reading →

Russia is only a few miles from Alaska, but Polar Bears are 3,000 miles from Hawaii, 2,000 miles from Washington, 4,000 miles from Indonesia, and 2,500 miles from Cancun. http://www.foxnews.com/ h/t to Marc Morano

The oceans of the world have risen nearly seven inches since 1870, and over the last decade the pace of rise has doubled over earlier years. http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/325 I see this repeated over and over again. But there is no basis … Continue reading →

From The Globe and Mail Copenhagen was not a political breakdown. It was an intellectual breakdown so astonishing that future generations will marvel at our blind credulity. Copenhagen was a classic case of the emperor with no clothes. The biggest … Continue reading →

Over the past month, the Met Office seems to have completely lost the plot. 28 October 2010 : WINTER TO BE MILD PREDICTS MET OFFICE 25 November 2010 : ?Dr Pope says the slowdown in temperature rise is consistent with … Continue reading →

Where do these find these climate Cassandras? We cannot gamble with the planet Published: November 28 2010 19:43 | Last updated: November 28 2010 19:43 Even the United Nations admits the Cancún meeting is unlikely to produce an international pact … Continue reading →