Category Archives: Sea level

Australia’s ABC comes round to the sinking islands/floating islands issue

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

UPDATED: Note that this tip was spurred by this discussion at Andrew Bolt’s today, and I failed to note the date of the ABC story was in 2010, and I apologize for any confusion, but there’s also relevant news today. … Continue reading →

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New research projects mitigation of sea level rise

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Recent snowfall anomalies in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica Enhanced snowfall on the East Antarctic ice sheet is projected to significantly mitigate 21st century global sea level rise. In recent years (2009 and 2011), regionally extreme snowfall anomalies in Dronning … Continue reading →

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The beginning of the end: warmists in retreat on sea level rise, climate sensitivity

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

The forecast: It seems there’s less chance of gloom and doom these days. For sea level rise, now a maximum of about two feet by 2100. As for climate sensitivity, now for the first time ever, we are seeing mentions … Continue reading →

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Updates to and ENSO Observations from the WUWT Ocean Reference Page

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Image Credit: Monterey Marine Meteorology Division – HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” In making several updates to the WUWT Ocean Reference Page I observed something in the Sea Surface Temperature animation above, that I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, Oceans, Reference Pages, Salinity, Sea level, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , , , , | 59 Comments

Australian sea level data highly exaggerated, only 5 inches by 2100

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

In a new analysis published in Volume 8 Issue 2 of Environmental Science Dr. Nils-Axel Morner suggests global sea levels will rise only about 5 inches by the year 2100. Axel Morner concludes that Australian government claims of a 1 … Continue reading →

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An Evening with His Lordship

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Guest post by WUWT volunteer moderator Andi Cockroft I was fortunate the other night to attend a presentation by Christopher Monckton as part of his Climate of Freedom Tour of New Zealand. Organised and arranged by Climate Realist NZ (not … Continue reading →

Posted in Presentations, Sea level | 70 Comments

NCAR says targeting specific pollutants would slow SLR

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

From the  National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research I can see the EPA jumping all over this one. Black carbon is likely a contributor, as it changes the albedo of ice sheets and one that is much … Continue reading →

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Modeling sea level rise is an ‘uneven’ proposition

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

From the British Antarctic Survey New projections of ‘uneven’ global sea-level rise Reporting in the journal Geophysical Research Letters researchers have looked ahead to the year 2100 to show how ice loss will continue to add to rising sea levels … Continue reading →

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Sea level rate of rise shown to be partially a product of adjustments

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

People send me stuff. Here we have another case of value added adjustments that increase the slope, much like temperature. This email forwarded from Steve Case reads as follows: The University of Colorado’s Sea Level Research Group just published the … Continue reading →

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Paleo sea level and CO2

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

From the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK) New study documents the natural relationship between CO2 concentrations and sea level By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Paleoclimatology, Sea level | Tagged | 97 Comments

NOAA to release sea level report in time for AGU bookies to place bets

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

From NOAA Headquarters,  laughable claims gift wrapped for the fall AGU conference. They claim 8 inches to 6.6 feet (o.2 to 2 meters) over the next century….such wide variance doesn’t inspire much confidence, even though they claim “high confidence” in … Continue reading →

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Why ice loss and sea level measurements via satellite and the new Shepherd et al paper are highly uncertain at the moment

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

There’s a paper (Shepherd et al) on ice loss and sea level rise that has been making the rounds in media (such as this article in Science Recorder, claiming it validates global warming) that is causing some stir, mainly because … Continue reading →

Posted in Gravity, Greenland ice sheet, Sea level, Space, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | 199 Comments

New paper in GRL uses ocean mass sensor points to measure sea level change

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

ABSTRACT: Combining ocean and earth models, we show that there is a region in the central Pacific ocean where ocean bottom pressure is a direct measure of interannual changes in ocean mass, with a noise level for annual means below … Continue reading →

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Making Hay of sea level rise estimates

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

People send me stuff. You may recall this story from last week that raised a number of eyebrows due to the claims made within it by author William Hay. Dave Burton decided to take him to task. So far no … Continue reading →

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New paper in GRL shows that a 60-year oscillation in the global tide gauge sea level record has been discovered

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Results suggest that global mean sea level may also be affected, though not yet fully confirmed. Hot off the heels of an admission by NASA JPL that the satellite derived sea level data is “spurious” due to a lack of … Continue reading →

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Did Global Warming Reduce the Impacts of Sandy?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Guest post by Chip Knappenberger (above graphic by Anthony) The press has been quick to jump on the idea that post-tropical cyclone Sandy (it was not a hurricane at landfall) was worsened by anthropogenic global warming and that “superstorms” are … Continue reading →

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Why Seas Are Rising Ahead of Predictions?

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

GSA Annual Meeting Presentation: Could Estimates of the Rate of Future Sea-Level Rise Be Too Low? Boulder, Colorado, USA – Sea levels are rising faster than expected from global warming, and University of Colorado geologist Bill Hay has a good … Continue reading →

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Finally: JPL intends to get a GRASP on accurate sea level and ice measurements

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

A climate science bombshell: New proposal from NASA JPL admits to “spurious” errors in current satellite based sea level and ice altimetry, calls for new space platform to fix the problem. People send me stuff. Today it is a PowerPoint … Continue reading →

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Antarctic weight loss seems to be in the eye of the beholder

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

From Newcastle University New understanding of Antarctic’s weight-loss New data which more accurately measures the rate of ice-melt could help us better understand how Antarctica is changing in the light of global warming. The rate of global sea level change … Continue reading →

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F10.7 Flux, Sea Level and the Holocene

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Guest post by David Archibald George Orwell said,” He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.” Some amongst us have used that as an instruction manual and have attempted to create confusion … Continue reading →

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