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Gulf of Thailand won't rise with global warming, expert claims
Apr 23, 2007, 3:03 GMT
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I'm no expert but my understanding that it isn't just the melting ice that causes seas to rise but the warming of the water itself. As water warms it expands (like all substances). It's expansion of water that could cause flooding in Thailand...where the waters are already pretty warm.
Mr Suphat may be an expert in climatology but he seems to ignore the 101 of physics (i.e. the most basic laws of physics): water is a liquid, and physics 101 tells us that if you pour additional liquid in any place, the liquid will automatically level off in all areas that are directly or indirectly connected. The gulf of Siam is of course connected with the rest of this planet's oceans. Therefore, of course glacier melts from the Artics and the Antarctics will have exactly the same influence on the level of the gulf of Siam as on every other ocean.
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