Coastal residents joined forces with climate skeptics to attack the science of global warming and persuade North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature to deep-six the 39-inch projection, which had been advanced under the outgoing Democratic governor. Now, the state is working on a new forecast that will look only 30 years out and therefore show the seas rising by no more than eight inches. Nationwide, $700 billion of coastal property could be below mean sea level by the end of the century — and an additional $730 billion could be at risk at high tide — without new policies to forestall climate change, according to a new report by the Risky Business Project, a high-powered group of financial and political figures who are set to meet Wednesday with senior Obama administration officials. http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...42cf96-f6f3-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html
Ha ha ha ......Twats Up Wit Dat !!!! also known as LOLWUWT And a POSTER on LOLWUWT !!! Wow!!! Now that's an expert !!! LOL Do you EVER use reliable authoritative sources for your science? Ever? Oh wait, you did use NASA once, ........but you misrepresented the study. Really jerm. Try Xanax or something. Maybe shock therapy.
Actually they think hurricane intensity may increase and the number of high category hurricanes to increase, not the over-all number of all hurricanes. This is only true over decades of average and not for every year...idiot. There is evidence that high intensity hurricanes are indeed increasing. But thank you showing us how dumb righties are. Once again. ************************* Note, NOT from LOLWUWT.... Numerous studies in recent years have found no evidence that the number of hurricanes and their northwest Pacific Ocean cousins, typhoons, is increasing because of the rise in global temperatures. But a new study in the journal Nature found that hurricanes and typhoons have become stronger and longer-lasting over the past 30 years. These upswings correlate with a rise in sea surface temperatures. The duration and strength of hurricanes have increased by about 50 percent over the last three decades, according to study author Kerry Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Emanuel's finding defies existing models for measuring storm strength. Current models suggest that the intensity of hurricanes and typhoons should increase by 5 percent for every 1ºC (1.8ºF) rise in sea surface temperature. "We've had half a degree [Celsius] of warming, so that should have led to a 2.5 percent increase [in intensity], which is probably not detectable," Emanuel said. "What we've seen is somewhat bigger than that, and we don't really know why." One possibility, Emanuel said, is that ocean temperatures may be increasing more quickly than atmospheric temperatures. "When that happens we've shown theoretically you get an increase in the intensity of hurricanes," he said. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0804_050804_hurricanewarming.html
typically grubered leftist... you can't argue science so you go after the url? A url which is the most read climate science blog in the world.
I can not speak personally for North Carolina's agencies... but I have been involved in environmental lawsuits for those who wish to keep the bays and oceans cleaner in California. When the govt takes a side they can make scientific "experts" bark like seals and write or say just about anything they wish or need. Its human nature. Some people don't want to be fired or eliminated from such a massive revenue stream. That govt is not always trustworthy should not come as a shock to you. its why we have a jury of our peers and grand juries and prohibitions against bills of attainders. The founders were not paranoid they were aware of what power and money does to govt officials.
The legislature vote has nothing to do with the construction of sea walls on the beaches of North Carolina. Not a single coastal community has asked to construct sea walls. Sea walls are are not allowed on the beaches in North Carolina except in situations where the federal government has built them to maintain navigable channels and/or support military installations. The state legislature has never proposed changing the current policy that has been in place for many decades. Linking a vote on associated alleged global warming sea level rise with the state policy on sea walls is simply absurd. They are distinctly separate items.
Which is how the arc began. If you didn't know anything about it, why not say so at the beginning and save all this time and effort instead of launching yourself into another rightwing rant?