Global Warming Causes Sea Level to Drop in Iceland

chemgator · May 20, 2022

Gatorhead said: ↑

I certainly agree however "Hydrogen" a key element of water and it's interaction with other elements of the periodic table is a GIGANTIC factor as to whether "water" is created.

I just could never get my head around a microsopic particle of water in granite, in rocks, in comet fragments, being responsible for all the water on this planet.

ESPECIALLY when science tells us that the creation of our planet was due to the accumulation of dust and cloud masses that spun themselves "up" into the objects they are today.

Another problem I always had was the early earth is always represented as this spinning ball of hot magma, in my minds eye, the "only comets brought water" theory just did not jive with the fact the early earth was a spinning molten mass.

So I did a bit more research last night and low and behold, new information is coming out about the solar system having a visitor (Solar Winds) with vast amounts of hydrogen and other elements that were captured by the earth during early formation. Accordingly "water" was present at the onset of earths formation, and it was not just a rotating ball of hellish rock and lava. (or something like that).
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I would not think of the water present during or after the earth's creation as liquid water. It would have to be steam, until the planet cooled off enough for the steam to condense. The only question in my mind would be: was the water present with all of the other hot gases, or did hydrogen and oxygen react to form the water? I'm not sure it matters, of course.

There is another form that water can take, besides a pure solid, liquid or gas. It can form a hydrate with certain minerals and organic compounds, often tying up many water molecules per organic molecule, like methane hydrate (5.75 water molecules per methane--actually 46 waters for 8 methanes).

Gatorhead · May 20, 2022

So I was watching this physics professor "drinking" a glass of water, that according to him , is at least 4 billion years old.
(as is all water)

He said his mama always used to tell him not to drink "old water" because one "never knows where it has been" -

The physicist commented after taking a swig - Mom, if you only knew.............

exiledgator · Aug 29, 2022

tampagtr said: ↑

That's really cool! I LOVED that book! How great. I am also a big Dr. Lucy fan. Don't tell me you and your wife know her. That would be over the top.
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Kate supposed to be on NBC news tonight....

tampagtr · Aug 29, 2022

exiledgator said: ↑

Kate supposed to be on NBC news tonight....
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Thanks - still at work but will try to watch if my upcoming conference call doesn't last too long. If not live, will watch afterwards

exiledgator · Aug 29, 2022

tampagtr said: ↑

Thanks - still at work but will try to watch if my upcoming conference call doesn't last too long. If not live, will watch afterwards
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Well, maybe not. She didn't make it. I'll let you know what I find out

GatorRade · Aug 29, 2022

Related article from today:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/29/gre...aise-sea-levels-by-nearly-one-foot-study.html

GatorFanCF · Aug 29, 2022

chemgator said: ↑

If the earth were a gigantic solid rock, you would probably be right. But it's not. The crust of the earth is only on the order of 25 miles thick, while the radius of the earth is about 4,000 miles. What do you suppose the other 3,975 miles consists of? Where does magma for volcanic eruptions come from? If the material below the crust is a liquid, then it seems possible if not likely that the crust could "float" on it and be deflected by additional weight on it, and therefore "rebound" when that weight is removed.

There actually are places where the ground appears to be solid but is actually floating. The southern third or half of Louisiana is floating. When they pump oil out of the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana, the land slowly drops. When they tamed the Mississippi River with levees and channeled the sediment into a specific place in the Gulf, the drop in level was worsened. When they put large concrete buildings in a coastal city like New Orleans, the weight of the buildings accelerated the drop in level. That's why parts of New Orleans are 17' below sea level (and still dropping). Coastal areas of Louisiana are slowly being lost to the Gulf.

The article never claimed that the rise in the elevation of Iceland was CAUSING a change in sea level. That would be absurd. Iceland is a tiny country. Iceland is experiencing the effects of these changes that are caused by global warming, not initiating them.
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The crust of the earth floats?
Congressman Hank Johnson has been vindicated!!!

G8trGr8t · Aug 29, 2022

danmann65 said: ↑

I think that sea level has enough variables that it's beyond my ability to determine what is happening. I am more worried about us using the oceans as our garbage can and how that is going to impact our future.
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And massive overfishing by the Chinese. Their roaming fleets of ships have no respect for intl boundaries or protected areas. Sinking those fleets would be an act of terrorism I wouldn't be upset by

AgingGator · Aug 29, 2022

thatguy said: ↑

I lived in Iceland for three years while serving in the Navy 72-75
Incredible country
Ice and Fire
World's oldest democracy
Northern lights .. Glaciers .. Geysers .. Volcanoes .. Earthquakes .. Mountains .. Valleys .. Hot Springs .. Waterfalls
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings .. Look it up
Best salmon, sheep and dairy I've ever had in my life
And the Icelandic women are some of the most beautiful in the world

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Is 62 too old to enlist?

thatguy · Aug 29, 2022

AgingGator said: ↑

Is 62 too old to enlist?
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Ya might be pushin it

tampajack1 · Aug 29, 2022

Gatorrick22 said: ↑

I read it, and fully understood it... It's you that does NOT understand my point. That myth about ice/snow pushing down the ground and seas level falling becasue the ice/snow melted and the land is rising is hilarious and ridiculous all at the same time.

The seas levels falling or the land rising is far more likely a result in more water being trapped AS ICE in the Antarctic, as new ice, than the articles clown-y explanation that the land is rising...
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So are you saying that we don’t have a global warming problem?

duchen · Aug 29, 2022

thatguy said: ↑

Ya might be pushin it
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That is is idea!

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