Global Warming

I'm not a global warming denier, but I suspect the cited examples are a matter of subsidance of the islands, and not the rising of sea level.Atoll islands are such precisely because the island is sinking. That's why there is the open water between the island and the coral reef. It is also the origin of guyot sea mountains. They are sub-sea level mountains with flat tops, that were originally islands.Moose

Al Gore, speaking about "An Inconvenient Truth", is one of todays guests on "Fresh Air". The interview originally aired on May 30, 2006. http://www.npr.org/...Look for the audio link at the page top, right under the "Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'"You may also wish to look at the "Related NPR Stories" links found down page.Moose

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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham

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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

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"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

It's that damn evaporation problem. We need to get anti-evaporation covers over the oceans to do something about that.Maybe we also need to get some giant sunglasses up there, to cut down on the amount of solar radiation reaching the Earth.Seriously, I don't personally know what the share splitting is between water vapor and carbon dioxide. I do think that human influences have little to nothing to do with water vapor levels. That is, other than the feedback loop, that increased temperatures cause increases in atmospheric water vapor content.Moose

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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham

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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

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"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose