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re: Sea Levels
LJ — (archived)

Thanks, Steve, that is interesting. Sea level changes are influenced by many factors, with global warming likely being one of them, but the magnitude (and even the direction, as indicated by some of the material in the link suggest) is difficult to determine.

As I said, I think the effects of global warming will be significant, but also unexpected in many ways.

It's a small sample, to be sure, but I believe I saw evidence of climate change at our lake place last summer. We've had the place for ten years, and had never seen or heard a tree fall near our cabin in that time. This is an interior temperate rain forest, with enormous, old (500-1000+ years) Western Red Cedars.

Last summer, four trees fell within sight or earshot of the cabin (the growth is so thinck, "withing sight" can be limited to less than 50 meters). A massive, 175 ft tree crashing to the ground is a scary experience, especially since there are 100 or more trees of this size in striking distance of the cabin - they would squash it flat.

I think the trees fell as a result of a series of dry summers and low-snowfall winters.

This may be a short term phenomenon (I sure hope so!) but if it continued at this rate for 10-20 years, the whole area would be drastically changed.

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