Sea level is rapidly falling in Canada and Alaska, and rising slightly in the other 56 US states. This is because of glacial rebound. During the last ice age, Canada was depressed by the weight of the ice. This same effect caused the US to be pushed up, like how squeezing a water balloon causes it to bulge.
Once the ice melted, the Canadian land mass began to rise, and the US land mass did the opposite. Almost all of the US stations which report rise are below the fake University of Colorado 3 mm/year which is the standard talking point of climate experts.
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?stnid=1612340
The only accurate measure of sea level is in Obama’s own Hawaii 57
3mm/year is also what they “add” to the actual data to account for land bounce.
I think it is 0.3mm / year that they add for isotonic rebound. That is my memory — I am not taking the time to confirm it.
Isotonic?
isostatic
Isostatic … isotonic make enlargers that you fit on your penis 😉
Sorry to hear of your troubles Stewart.
I hate it when I am wrong. I moved a decimal point. I did research it and yes, it is 30cm/century or .3mm/year.
You’re still fatally confused. 30cm is 3000mm. 1/100 of that is 30mm. Wrong in all possible ways.
Brian, that was merely a typo. I meant to write 30mm/century = .3mm/year. Since we were talking MM, most people could tell it was a typo not a measurement change.
My self-correction: 30cm is 300mm. 1/100 is 3mm.
And I was not going to tell you how “fatally” wrong you were for the extra zero.
As you can see, I originally said 3mm/year, and the other poster corrected me, and I admitted my mistake. I just mistyped the measurement. As you mistyped the calculation.
Steven, my daughter and 7 team mates are off to a soccer camp / team building this weekend in Canmore AB. I’m busy putting the snow tires back on the van … check the forecast … up to 30 cm of GLO-BULL warming / thing of the past. I’ll need Reggie’s blow thingy to clear my driveway!! http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/canada/alberta/canmore
” During the last ice age, Canada was depressed…”
… and the psychological recovery continues.
I was pretty depressed from all the ice & snow this Winter.
Here’s a great picture of isostatic rebound in Nunavut:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40688562
“During the last ice age, Canada was depressed by the weight of the ice. This same effect caused the US to be pushed up, like how squeezing a water balloon causes it to bulge.”
As long as it doesn’t flip over.. you know.. like Guam almost did.
I am not so sure it has not flipped over. 😉