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2008-07-30 International-UN-NGOs

Bangladesh landmass 'is growing' - climate change experts displeased

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Posted by john frum 2008-07-30 10:57|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "The rate at which sediment is deposited and new land is created is much slower than the rate at which climate change and sea level rises are taking place," he said.

And the evidence for this is ???

Posted by john frum 2008-07-30 11:01|| 2008-07-30 11:01|| Front Page Top

#2 He said that many people living along the coast had observed that sea levels where higher now than in their grandparents' day.

That is called erosion. Has nothing to do with sea level rise.

Posted by john frum 2008-07-30 11:03|| 2008-07-30 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 actually the sea level has been rising for the past 20k years

The total rise during the 20th century was about 1 or 2 feet so this might be observable at a village where everybody lives in the same house for generations in some place with minimal tidal flux.

Posted by mhw 2008-07-30 11:17|| 2008-07-30 11:17|| Front Page Top

#4 And the evidence for this is ???

He don't need no evidence. He got faith.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-07-30 14:38|| 2008-07-30 14:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Compare wid REDDIT/YAHOO/TOPIX > TOP TEN CITIES BY 2025 + RISE OF THE MEGACITIES.
Also C2CAM > Richard Florida > CITIES [mega-], JOBS, AND ECONOMY. USA is experiens the rise of MEGA-REGIONS/URBANIAS e.g. SOCAL, NOCAL. BOS-WASH, [Boston-Washington] + CHAR-LANTA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-30 19:07|| 2008-07-30 19:07|| Front Page Top

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