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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Low-lying Pacific islands not sinking
2010-06-04
[Iran Press TV Latest] Geologists have found that global warming is not a grave danger to many low-lying Pacific islands, which are said to be growing instead of sinking.
Oh dear. How, oh how will former Vice President Gore afford the divorce settlement now? Could Iran PressTV not have delayed this report for a month or several out of pity for the man's situation?
According to the study published in the New Scientist, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia are among the islands that have grown due to coral debris and sediment.
Grown? Worse and worse!
Historical photographs and satellite imaging show that 80 percent of the islands have either remained the same or gotten larger.

Inhabitants of many low-lying Pacific islands have recently come to fear that their homelands might be wiped off the map due to rising sea levels.

"That rather gloomy prognosis for these nations is incorrect," Associate Professor of Auckland University Paul Kench said. "We have now got the evidence to suggest that the physical foundation of these countries will still be there in 100 years, so they perhaps do not need to flee their country."

Studies, however, suggest that the islands might not be inhabitable in the long-term and rising sea levels can threaten the livelihood of people living in Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia.
Whee! Competing studies! Which do you suppose the Climate Change wallahs at the UN will believe, and how much time do the punters give before they're morally embarrassed by their choice?
Posted by:Fred

#6  ION TOPIX > EARTHQUAKE RISK CALCULATOR GOES GLOBAL. GEM = G_lobal E_arthquake M-odel/Measurement Project may be in place by Year 2013 iff not sooner.

versies

SPACEWEATHER.COM > NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS [electric-blue clouds].

D *** NG IT,MORIARITY, NO QUE SA "BLUE THUNDER" [Movie-TV Series],BUT "BLUE LIGHTNING" OER/ESTA GUAM-WESTPAC.

RAZZLE-DAZZLE = VECTOR-CHANGING USDOD "BLUE LASERS" IN THE [Guam]NIGHT/POST-MIDNITE SKY???

OLD SONG > "AFTER MIDNIGHT".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-06-04 23:59  

#5  Picture Tuvalu's PM, jumping up and down screaming "SINK, DAMN YOU!"
Posted by: mojo   2010-06-04 12:08  

#4  So can they tip-over and capsize?
Posted by: Hank Johnson   2010-06-04 11:50  

#3  Move to the mountains and build a house on giant stilts and extend your life, relatively speaking.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-06-04 11:23  

#2  I tried to find the original article, but the best/quickest was this:

The Earth's shape resembles an ellipsoid (its equatorial radius is about 21 kilometers (13 miles) greater than its polar radius) but it is not a perfect ellipsoid. Because of this resemblance, an ellipsoid is used to approximate the bulk of the Earth's shape, and departures from the ellipsoid are represented by the geoid elevation above or below the ellipsoid. The geoid can be as low as 106 meters (350 feet) below the ellipsoid or as high as 85 meters (280 feet) above.
GRACE

and

Here's an example of how it works. The two GRACE satellites are traveling in space, both 500 kilometers above the earth. As the front satellite approaches an area of higher gravity, it will be pulled toward the area of higher gravity and speed up. This increases the distance betweenthe two satellites. As the satellites straddle the area of higher gravity, the front satellite will slow down and the trailing satellite will speed up. As the trailing satellite passes the area of higher gravity, it will slow down and the lead satellite will not be affected. As the satellites move around the Earth, the speeding up and slowing down of the satellites will allow scientists to measure the distance between the two satellites, and, therefore, map the earth's gravity field.

Is this a great planet, or what?
Posted by: Bobby   2010-06-04 06:45  

#1  If you believe everything I read, the effect of gravity on satellites has been used, by measuring the minute variations in distance between them, to measure the local gravity of earth. From this, they conclude the local sea level varies by over 200 feet. I think it was 150' low to 75' high, but it may have been the other way. Less gravity = higher sea level.

When they show me a study that proves that CO2 reduces gravity, then I'll move to higher ground.
Posted by: Bobby   2010-06-04 06:24  

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