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Rising sea levels. Is it as much about rain as it is melting icecaps?


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Are rising sea levels as much or more about rain as about melting ice caps? There is an awful lot of rain getting into our rivers and it ends up in the sea.

 

Assuming that you were being serious...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle

 

This should answer your question (that answer being No).

 

---------- Post added 25-12-2012 at 10:20 ----------

 

There is a link-around the world wet countries have much higher sea levels than drier ones.

 

Was that sarcasm? The lack of smilies makes it difficult to tell.

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Assuming that you were being serious...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle

 

This should answer your question (that answer being No).

 

---------- Post added 25-12-2012 at 10:20 ----------

 

 

Was that sarcasm? The lack of smilies makes it difficult to tell.

 

But as the water that floods peoples houses deposits lots of dirty brown crud wouldn't there also be lots of that getting into the sea?

If 1 part in 1000 of river water is suspended crud that would suggest 3 billion tons of solid material enters the sea every hour from our rivers.

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But as the water that floods peoples houses deposits lots of dirty brown crud wouldn't there also be lots of that getting into the sea?

If 1 part in 1000 of river water is suspended crud that would suggest 3 billion tons of solid material enters the sea every hour from our rivers.

 

Thats a good point :)

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