As opposed to you, a clear coward, who, while trying to insult others and call them dumb, can't quite handle the complexities of elementary school grammar. . .

Now, are you trying to say that my 1st grade teacher told me to be self-righteous, told me I'm smart (I could read pretty well in 1st grade), or told me that global warming is real?

Idiot.

Right, someone else's propaganda, of course. If I re-think the issue, somehow I will come to understand how coastline erosion can affect those of us living hundreds of miles inland far more than the water levels rising, causing the lakes, streams, and rivers near me to overflow and flood the area where I live, but flooding isn't as important as erosion. Yep, that makes perfect sense.

There is something clearly wrong with you. Not only can you not admit when you're wrong (would you like to try and explain continental drift to me again?), but you're also short-sighted, stubborn, and highly-misinformed.

First you talk about Continental Drift, incorrectly of course, then you link to an article about extreme coastal erosion in one very small part of California, and compare that to sea level rise being much smaller than the erosion. Then you point to another article about erosion and deposition, caused by El Nino, and try to change the definition of a rather self-explanatory term. When your points are proven incorrect, you try to explain that with 2 serious conditions affecting people living on the coasts, the one that affects everyone whether they live on the coasts or not is less important because 50 is a bigger number than 3, regardless of the fact that if there are 100 yards between your property and the ocean, but your property is only slightly above sea level, or worse, below sea level as in some areas, that sea level rise will destroy your home far before erosion comes anywhere close.

Then, because you are losing every part of your argument, you try to talk about subduction zones, but you don't know what these are either, and think that the tectonic plate someone is living on can just slide into the ocean, and how that would be a much bigger problem than the massive earthquakes and tsunamis that would occur should something like that even come close to happening. Yeah, the ground is shaking horribly, buildings are collapsing everywhere, and a giant tsunami is about to destroy everything, but let's worry about the super-slow slide towards the ocean instead.

Finally, with no other recourse, you decide to dismiss all facts, and tell me that if I "re-think through this issue with a clear mind," I can ignore facts and be ignorant just like you. I think you're confusing a clear mind with an empty one. But no thanks, I don't want to watch Fox News.

This was a duplicate comment, as it looked like the previous one wasn't saved. Thank you slashdot.

If the sea level rises, it affects everyone, not just those living on the coasts. Rising sea levels will affect those living far inland with rising lakes and rivers, flooding and submerging their homes which are nowhere near the coasts. So yeah, I care more about sea levels rising than erosion washing away rich people's homes in California, and the homes of all the people who were short-sighted enough to build on sandy beaches.

I'm sure the people in Manhattan aren't worried about erosion nearly as much as the nearby water rising and flooding/submerging their homes a few miles inland. And while it was 1.8mm/year in the last half of the last century, it is warmer now than it was then, which means the ice will melt faster, which means the water will rise more quickly.

Whether the coastline is eroded or submerged doesn't really matter that much, it is still gone. And with that much more water, and with the warmer temperatures, that means there will be more moisture in the air, which means more rain, tropical storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, etc.

I'm sure a hurricane would do much more damage to the coast than several years of erosion would do.

You brought up continental drifting in your last two posts, I assume you know you were wrong about that having anything to do with sea levels, and are done talking about it now? But you bring up subduction zones, which you clearly have no idea about, and you couldn't be bothered to spend 30 seconds to look at them on wikipedia before trying to talk about them?

I really don't think people in subduction zones are worried about their tectonic plate moving into the ocean, and they are more worried about the earthquakes and volcanoes which are typical of those areas. If the plate they are on is subducting under another one, the coastline is the last thing they should be worried about.

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Coastline erosion or deposition is not as dangerous as sea levels rising and flooding everywhere. Erosion is a problem for the coasts, and for the short-sighted who built property on sandy beaches, but sea levels rising affects everyone on the planet. So while somebody living 100 miles from the ocean isn't worried about coastal erosion washing his house away, he does need to worry about the rivers and lakes around him rising and submerging his house permanently. And while it was 1.8mm/year for the last half of last century, it's warmer now than it was then, which means the ice will be melting faster, which means the sea level will rise faster.

Whether the coastline is eroded away or submerged, it's still gone, and that much more water will have other drastic effects as well, besides flooding the coastal regions. Warmer oceans and higher sea levels means more moisture in the air, which means more rain, tropical storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, etc. I'm pretty sure a hurricane does far more coastal damage than erosion would in several years.. So yeah, I care more about sea levels rising than the coastal erosion of rich people's homes in California.

The people in Manhattan as well, aren't going to be worrying about erosion as much as they will be worried about their homes a few miles inland being flooded and submerged. As well as everyone else that lives in low lying inland areas around the world.

You mentioned continental drift in your two previous posts, I assume you're done talking about the continents drifting around now? But you bring up Subduction zones, and you clearly have no idea what they are, and couldn't even bother to look at wikipedia for 30 seconds before talking about them.

People in Subduction Zones don't worry about coastal erosion so much because they are more worried about the vast amount of earthquakes and volcanoes around them, which generally occur in subduction zones.

Coward. This was disproven, but why bother with facts, when you can't even spell?

They especially love the attention they get from Tsunamis, like the one in 2004 that wiped out quite a few of their islands. 57 islands were seriously damaged, 21 resort islands had to be closed, 6 were destroyed, and 14 had to be completely evacuated. Only 9 of over 1300 received no damage.

With an average ground height of less than 5 feet above sea level, I'm sure they'll be fine for at least a few more years.

Continental drift is not about coasts "growing" at all. Continental drift is exactly what it sounds like, and should therefore be self-explanatory. The "continents" are "drifting" (moving in other words). With some simple research, you would have found the definition if you couldn't deduce the meaning. US Geological Survey

Coastal erosion is where the "coasts" are "eroding" away. Ocean waves and currents are washing away soil and rock, moving the coastline (where the water meets the land) inward in some areas, outward in others, and both in some locations, which is also known as submersion.

Thus we see, your original post was wrong, and the article you linked to had nothing to do with the parent comment, or in fact, your own comment. The parent comment, and indeed this whole slashdot post, is about Sea Level Rise. Your comment was trying to compare continents moving, with an annual change of several feet, not in sea-level rise, but in coastline erosion. Literally 3 separate topics.

Lastly, your sentence:

is confusing as you're trying to say that a small amount of sea level rise doesn't matter very much towards coastal issues, which is the opposite of what this slashdot post is about. The sea level goes up, and the coastline moves inward. Not only from erosion (soil washing away), but because the water is moving further inland as it rises. Therefore, low-level areas will be submerged in water.

Sea level rise is not a relatively small coastal issue to an area like the the Maldives, which has an average ground level of 59 inches (the planet's lowest country). The sea rises, and not only does their coast disappear, but their whole country. That's kind of a huge issue.

That article you linked to is about coastal erosion, where the soil holding up the cliff was washed away into the sea. What does this have to do with sea rise or anything else? And it wasn't talking about the 'annual change' of that particular coastline, but the fact that several feet of the ground between a particular apartment building and the ocean was washed away in a few days.

Instead of being modded insightful, you should be modded Off-topic instead.

It's great that he got it done just in time for the school year to end. I'm sure that like most schools, that they'll let him keep all his stuff there all summer.

Maybe next year he should work more on his planning and scheduling . . .

Yeah, the planet did fine, but it didn't support human life at the time. So, if human life is something you would like supported, then maybe there is a problem.

Only because it's been a running joke, and that in actuality it couldn't be in any real state. All references to it in the show were vague, contradictory, or hidden from view (maps, satellite images, mail, driver's licenses, etc.).

In one episode Lisa mentioned that there were enough clues to figure it out, but because there are so many contradictory clues, she meant that it wasn't a real city. This is just the final word (hopefully), that it is actually based on Springfield Oregon, just a highly fictionalized version of it and all the surrounding geography (continent-wide).

Well, not learning so much as memorizing. The students memorize VAST amounts of information to pass all kinds of tests, but they don't really spend time on logic, analysis, teamwork, and critical thinking, but rather memorizing things others have done and doing the same thing.