On Apr 27, 2016, at 4:06 PM, jim bell <[1]jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:

   On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:33:28AM +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
   >> Yes, the glaciers in Iceland are retreating - to reveal the ruins of
   >> farmhouses.
   >And while they melt they raise global sea levels, projected to raise
   >a minimum of ~3ft bt 2100.  And sea levels won't magically stop
   raising
   >at 2100. This spells fucking catastrophe for major coastal cities
   -> e.g. New York, Miami, Bangkok, New Orleans, etc etc.
   I've recently read that sea level is rising about 2.6-2.9 millimeters
   per year.  in 84 years, that would be 0.231 meters, or a bit less than
   one half foot.  Where do you get the "a minimum of 3 feet"?

   A book called The Flooded Earth by Peter Ward, an astrobiologist with
   NASA.  But there are lots of places on the net that quote similar
   numbers -

   [2]https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/science/future.html#sealevel

   [3]https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/unfccc/cop19/3_gregory13sbsta.pdf

   --

   John

References

   1. mailto:jdb10987@yahoo.com
   2. https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/science/future.html#sealevel
   3. https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/unfccc/cop19/3_gregory13sbsta.pdf