Will Global Warming Effect Islands?

[CocoNut]

Hey everyone,

So I was thinking there has been a lot of discussion about whether or not global warming is occuring. But another important question that we should ask ourselves is do you think global warming will affect islands. let me know your thoughts. It would also be great it you could mention where you are in the world or where you would like to buy an island.

[Sampson]

I think it is very probable that global warming will affect islands. The results are already being seen in many regions around the world, particularly in the South Pacific. There is a great deal of worry that many of the islands in these regions will dissapear beneath the rising seas.

That being said I am sure there will be some islands particularly in Europe, Canada, and the United States that have a high enough elevation that they wont be drastically affected.

[KyletheIntern]

I would agree with Sampson that there is likely going to be a number of islands, particularly in the South Pacific that fall victim to global warming. The sad truth is many people could not only lose their home, but their country as well.
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[Ira]

I think global warming will most definately affect many regions around the world. Naturally it seems like those in the poorest regions of the planet will be most effected which is saddening considering its the wealthiest nations that have contributed the most to global warming.

Obviousally it is terrible that private island owners may lose their properties but I think the greater tragedy is entire island communities/nations losing their homes.

[markre]

unlikely...they show islands that are sinking due to tetonic plates, but blame it on global warming.

[vivalibre]

Hmm... that's a good point about tectonic plates, although I still feel that there are dangers from climate change. Here is an interesting blog post about the subject...

http://ianmott.blogspot.com/2007/03/rising-sea-levels-or-just-sinking.html
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[littlemermaid]

Land rising and falling due to tectonic plate action has been a well-known scientific phenomenon for many decades- but I disagree that it's responsible for the issues now associated with climate change.

Plate tectonics results in a *small* amount of rising or sinking, but it's the interplay between this a climate change that will truly cause problems.

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s288994.htm

On the other hand, a significant rise in planetary temperatures may disrupt plate tectonics itself:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512135102.htm

[Stevv]

I actually read a news article many months ago and it was interesting because the people in Kiribati--which is getting smaller and some of its islands sinking due to global warming--point out that the most common visitors are ones from the biggest polluters in the world--USA! I seriously think there is a problem with USA and polluting, because until very recently, it was the biggest polluter in the world, and the new biggest polluter, China, has 4 times as many people and a growing economy and military. The EU, commonly said to contain the most "developed" countries in the world along with USA Japan S. Korea and a few others, has 50% more people but 1/2 of pollution as the USA.

[Warner]

If you think that there is global warming. What do you think is the right temperature for the earth to be? If you think that the ocean has risen, how much do you think that is has risen? I think that man made global warming is a scam. Global warming is a weapon that the left likes to use to destroy ,what they call capitalism, and we on the right call freedom.

[Warner]

This is for you global warming guys. In the last one hundred years, how much ocean ries has there been? If you don't know tell us what you think it is. If you do know then tell us what it really is. If you are just guessing that is OK just say so.

[Stevv]

Hmm you remind me of someone... but he doesn't live in VA beach. Anyway... Here is a map showing some waming Earth:


Here is sea level rise:




(And because I have to, I'll say this is all under the Global Warming Act by Robert A. Rohde and released under GNU Free Documentation License, and so I have to let t his post be available under that license)

[vivalibre]

Wow Stevv, great find!

For all the global warming deniers spouting off their talking points, I'm going to take a page out of your book: Can you name a prominent scientist who shares your disbelief in climate change? How about a tenured professor at a top American university? In fact, can you name a single RESPECTED (ie. not employed by industry) member of the scientific community who denies that humans are having an impact on our climate?

No, but of course you know better than some egghead Ph.D., don't you. Nevermind decades of study and research- it was a cool summer and it barely snowed last winter, so climate change doesn't exist!
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[agentyumi]

Environmentalists have warned that global warming, caused by a build-up of greenhouse gases, will cause thermal expansion and a meltdown of glaciers. That could lead to seas rising by up to 23ft, and would be devastating for countries such as Bangladesh, India, Vietnam and China. But the tiny nations of the Pacific, where some of the world's lowest-lying islands are situated, would be the first to be swamped. Those considered particularly vulnerable, as well as Kiribati, are Vanuatu; the Marshall Islands; Tuvalu and parts of Papua New Guinea.

Global warming causes some unexplained circumstances in our environment. For example, because of higher waves and more violent storms it threatens to wash away the tiny island nation within this century.

[enjoythesilence]

Definitely, agentyumi, these little atoll and island nations are really the canaries in the coalmine for problems that will eventually hit the developed world- and hard. Few people might know where Nuie is, but they'd better be concerned if it gets swamped by rising seas!
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[Warner]

[quote="Stevv"]Hmm you remind me of someone... but he doesn't live in VA beach. Anyway... Here is a map showing some waming Earth:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/Global_Warming_Map.jpg[/img]

Here is sea level rise:

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Recent_Sea_Level_Rise.png[/img]


(And because I have to, I'll say this is all under the Global Warming Act by Robert A. Rohde and released under GNU Free Documentation License, and so I have to let t his post be available under that license)[/quote]

Thanks for trying Stevv. I think your heart is in the right place, even if I do not agree with you. You showed a map with some colors on it with no facts or numbers to back it up. Where is any proof? Where are the temperature records? What is the perfect temperature for the earth? What temperature would you like it to be? No one will even tell us that. It looks like they just want it to be what ever temperature it was when Jimmy Carter was President.

[Warner]

Jimmy Carter is a big global warming guy, but he never mentioned global warming when he was President. He had access to all the data from the National Weather service, yet he never mentioned anything about global warming. I take it that global warming must have started when Ronald Reagan was elected. When do you say that global warming started.