1.0 link 75884 <![CDATA[Another Depressing Screed on Global Warming]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-brown/another-depressing-screed_b_75884.html "It's not sinking!" uncle John is angry. Or grumpy. Or both. He has spent far too much of his life screaming logic at disinterested boobs to tolerate misphrasing. "The water is rising."

The 'it' in question is New York, specifically Manhattan.

"True, but isn't that really a matter of relativity?" I ask. "I mean, if we measure altitude in feet above sea level, then if sea level rises we're technically sinking."

"It's not sinking!" John says. Our Thanksgiving table is...

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