Global warming and rising sea levels.

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elbeau
elbeau
WA
988 posts
WA, 988 posts
27 May 2010 12:32am
There is a lot of conjecture about rising sea levels in the press and on the net.

Recently there was an open letter in a Sydney paper written by a man that has studied sea levels for 30 years. He has gold medals for excellence in research. His view is that sea levels are about the same as they have been since at least 1841
www.john-daly.com/ges/appendix.htm

A recent TV program focused on the same subject. Anecdotal evidence given by participants varied from seas rising over a sea wall that had been recently constructed on (I think) Thursday Island to a man that had lived on the same seaside property for about 30 years. He indicated that he lived only metres from the sea and it hadn't risen an iota.

I wonder how your piece of coast is managing? In Western Australia there is a a rocky outcrop called Triggs Island. It is really an isthmus yet at least twice in my lifetime I have seen it surrounded by sea. A true island. I went down to Triggs recently to check the level for my own interest. The water level was so low it was possible for me to circumnavigate the "island" on foot.

I would be interested to hear what is happening at your local beach. Obviously storms and extreme tides need to be taken in to account but how different is it now from say, 30 years ago?
cisco
cisco
QLD
12365 posts
QLD, 12365 posts
27 May 2010 3:53am
elbeau said...
I would be interested to hear what is happening at your local beach. Obviously storms and extreme tides need to be taken in to account but how different is it now from say, 30 years ago?


Moore Park Beach just north of Bundaberg has extended itself to seaward by about 150 metres since it was originally surveyed about 100 years ago.

Are we seeing increasingly that the facts of the matter contradict the theory of global warming and rising sea levels

wave knave
wave knave
306 posts
306 posts
27 May 2010 2:17am
^^^^^^
the chemtrails must be working!
ginger pom
ginger pom
VIC
1746 posts
VIC, 1746 posts
27 May 2010 9:21am
elbeau said...

There is a lot of conjecture about rising sea levels



hotballs
hotballs
VIC
114 posts
VIC, 114 posts
27 May 2010 9:33am
sand is constantly on the move anyway, so beaches are constantly appearing and dissappearing unless man has put a breakwall in, in which case it gets stuck there. i am careful about what i throw where and am anti whaling etc,but all the emissions stuff or saving water i aint with.
its funny that the eruptions that have recently spewed volcanic ash, ie carbon , into the atmosphere in iceland and all of europe for that matter probably dwarfs the 'carbon footprint' that man has put in the sky in the whole industrial revolution! the greenies must be gutted
ginger pom
ginger pom
VIC
1746 posts
VIC, 1746 posts
27 May 2010 9:46am
hotballs said... probably


Trant
Trant
NSW
601 posts
NSW, 601 posts
27 May 2010 11:27am
cisco said...
Are we seeing increasingly that the facts of the matter contradict the theory of global warming and rising sea levels


Here's hoping the theory of gravity is true and brings you back to planet earth.
FlySurfer
FlySurfer
NSW
4460 posts
NSW, 4460 posts
27 May 2010 11:36am
OMG not another conspiracy theorist!

Tin foil hat alert!

@elbeau, look buddy our rulers said we are heating the planet with CO2 and that's the way it is... so pay up and by a Prius.

What you don't get, is all this CO2 we produce is causing climate change, yesterday it was raining and today it isn't and that was caused by CO2.

For Christs sake think about the poor polar bears!

For an informative mocumentary I recommend you watch An Inconvenient Truth.
Obelix
Obelix
WA
1173 posts
WA, 1173 posts
27 May 2010 9:56am

While we are discussing weather the sea level has raised, my place in Croatia is turning into Venice.




doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
27 May 2010 9:57am
FlySurfer said...

OMG not another conspiracy theorist!

Tin foil hat alert!

@elbeau, look buddy our rulers said we are heating the planet with CO2 and that's the way it is... so pay up and by a Prius.

What you don't get, is all this CO2 we produce is causing climate change, yesterday it was raining and today it isn't and that was caused by CO2.

For Christs sake think about the poor polar bears!

For an informative mocumentary I recommend you watch An Inconvenient Truth.




ADS
ADS
WA
365 posts
ADS ADS
WA, 365 posts
27 May 2010 10:28am
Having surfed in WA for 30 years, I have not seen sea levels rise one bit. Put that in your "peer reviewed" pipe and smoke it.
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
27 May 2010 10:53am
ADS said...

Having surfed in WA for 30 years, I have not seen sea levels rise one bit. Put that in your "peer reviewed" pipe and smoke it.


+1
Mobydisc
Mobydisc
NSW
9029 posts
NSW, 9029 posts
27 May 2010 1:18pm
ADS said...

Having surfed in WA for 30 years, I have not seen sea levels rise one bit. Put that in your "peer reviewed" pipe and smoke it.



Your data hasn't been modelled in a computer running climate change software, thus it is invalid and irrelevant.



Carantoc
Carantoc
WA
7298 posts
WA, 7298 posts
27 May 2010 11:23am
If all the computers running climate change models were turned off would the resultant saving in energy affect climate change ?

Perhaps we should model it ?
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
27 May 2010 11:27am
Mobydisc said...

ADS said...

Having surfed in WA for 30 years, I have not seen sea levels rise one bit. Put that in your "peer reviewed" pipe and smoke it.



Your data hasn't been modelled in a computer running climate change software, thus it is invalid and irrelevant.










sbray
sbray
SA
350 posts
SA, 350 posts
27 May 2010 1:01pm


Singo Cam
Singo Cam
WA
83 posts
WA, 83 posts
2 Jun 2010 2:08am
Kite surfers wouldn't remember but windsurfers would. Dunga island of Safety Bay was once a sand bar a few 100 meters of the main land but in the last 8 years sand movement has made it join the main land. Beaches and surf has changed around our local area. Use to get a good wave at surf beach but the banks have moved so much over the last few years. Donga looks like it will be seperated in the next few years again. Check nearmaps.com and it will show you satalite photos of beaches years ago and now. Some big changes.
Sailhack
Sailhack
VIC
5000 posts
VIC, 5000 posts
2 Jun 2010 9:04am
Singo Cam said...

Kite surfers wouldn't remember but windsurfers would. Dunga island of Safety Bay was once a sand bar a few 100 meters of the main land but in the last 8 years sand movement has made it join the main land. Beaches and surf has changed around our local area. Use to get a good wave at surf beach but the banks have moved so much over the last few years. Donga looks like it will be seperated in the next few years again. Check nearmaps.com and it will show you satalite photos of beaches years ago and now. Some big changes.


Probably more to do with development along the coastline rather than RSL, although I don't know the area you're talking about.

Our local breakwater went from being a timber pier structure to a stone & concrete solid wall about 30 odd years ago. Sand used to flow through the pier and all was good around the coast. Since the breakwater was built, our North-shore has lost about 200m of depth, including about 50 houses & 2 streets.

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