Ferret,

Land is also rising in places. Here in Canada many areas are still slowly
bouncing back from the last ice age (eg. Hudson Bay area), rising back up
now that the massive ice cover is no longer pushing the land down.

Peter Egerton


At 09:06 AM 1/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Ferrets;-
>        Conversely, when I lived in the LA area some years ago, there was
some
>concern that Long Beach was sinking---mm by mm. The idea was that when they
>pumped all that oil from LB and the Signal Hill area, the land around
would do
>some colapsing. Don't know what the status is today
>        Art
>
>Mark James Bethke wrote:
>
>> Are the sea levels rising ? A question I had asked 2 years back . Several
>> opinions were set and much information gathered but as with most important
>> questions  they most be updated from time to time so let's see what new
>> information we can find .
>> If I'm not mistaken , the world is at the post ice age epoch, thusly a
>> gradual rise in sea levels are predicted, if I am mistaken please advise.
>> Any replies would be most appreciated ,
>>
>> BTW, Helmut has convinced me to stay and since marine biology is my primary
>> interest it behooves me to stay, that aside , you guys are just to much
fun.
>>
>> Your curious ferrets
>>
>> Mark & Peta Bethke
>> 3001 South Ocean Drive
>> Suite 4-V
>> Hollywood, FL
>> 33019-2804
>> U.S.A.
>
>
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