Hey Farmerman, Could Icemelt Shift Earths Rotation, Moving Water Northward?
Icemelt Could Shift Earth’s Rotation, Moving Water Northward February 5, 2009 WASHINGTON ” Long-term sea level increases that could have a devastating effect on southern Florida and highly populated coastal areas may be even larger than once thought, a report suggests. Some studies have suggested that melting of ice in Antarctica and other areas could raise sea levels by 16 feet to 17 feet over the long run, a potential threat to coastal areas such as Washington, D.C., New York City and California. But a report in Friday’s edition of the journal Science warns that factors not previously considered could one day boost that increase to up to 21 feet in some areas. The study did not list a time frame for such a dramatic change. But co-author Peter Clark, a geoscientist at Oregon State University, stressed that they “aren’t suggesting that a collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is imminent.” The most recent International Panel on Climate Change report estimated sea level rise of up to
