October 30, 2009
Stop It! You're Making the Mountains Too Tall!
Blog Friend sc will surely turn in his SUV keys when he sees this: Taller Mountains Blamed on Global Warming
The mountains in Europe are growing taller and melting glaciers are partly responsible, scientists say.Heavy glaciers cause the Earth's crust to flex inward slightly. When glaciers disappear, the crust springs back and the overlaying mountains are thrust skyward, albeit slowly.
The European Alps have been growing since the end of the last little Ice Age in 1850 when glaciers began shrinking as temperatures warmed, but the rate of uplift has accelerated in recent decades because global warming has sped up the rate of glacier melt, the researchers say.
Hat-tip: Scrivener Deleterious Anthropogenic Warming of the Globe Posted by John Kranz at October 30, 2009 4:01 PM
Now I know where to go when the sea level rises.
Posted by: Silence Dogood at October 31, 2009 12:15 AMGosh, if I'd known this "scientific fact" before then I'd never have objected to a 20 percent surtax on all American energy use and government
Posted by: johngalt at October 31, 2009 3:46 PM"bankrupting" of the coal and oil industries. By all means, reduce American productivity to that of Madagascar to keep the Alps down to size!
New theory - Earth warms, glaciers melt, sea level rises, lack of weight of glaciers causes mountains to rise, heating expands earth's crust and everything just balances out. I am still convinced that scientists will someday discover that cancer is genetic in rats and a whole bunch of research will get thrown out.
Posted by: Silence Dogood at November 1, 2009 9:41 AM | What do you think? [3]