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On 02/21/2012 10:00 AM, Robert Kesterson wrote:
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> How can increased rainfall raise sea levels? The rainwater doesn't just
> appear out of nowhere -- it comes from evaporation, most of it from the
> seas themselves. Rainfall doesn't cause a net increase in global water
> levels to raise sea levels. Even if it rained for 40 days and 40 nights
> -- unless that water came from outer space or something, it wouldn't
> raise overall sea levels at all. Local flooding, sure, but not rising
> sea levels.
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> Melting glaciers, on the other hand...
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J. McCanney, whose degree is in science, used the scientific method and
calculated what is needed to raise sea levels enough. There was not
enough water in glaciers, not even Antarctica.
There was enough water on Mars at the time.
It came from outer space.
William
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