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vantexan

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Strangely, it doesn’t.

I won’t call you out on this one, it’s counterintuitive.

You’re still wrong.
OK, name the ocean area anywhere in the world where the water is higher than the rest of the ocean. If I'm wrong great, I'll have learned something. I'd love to see boats traveling uphill to the top of the higher water.
 

rickyb

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OK, I can buy that, the height of the water in relationship to a point on land. It's just the way it was phrased it sounded like he was saying an area of water would be higher than an area of water next to it. Which would be impossible.
and if you trust the NOAA, then you should check out what htey say about climate change.
 

BrownArmy

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OK, name the ocean area anywhere in the world where the water is higher than the rest of the ocean. If I'm wrong great, I'll have learned something. I'd love to see boats traveling uphill to the top of the higher water.

That’s...

Not even the issue.

Gravity is localized and changes depending on the exact circumstances of a particular location.

Not by much, but by enough.

Also, the earth isn’t 100.000% spherical, as well there is our planets’ tilt along our ecliptical path, and the precession of...

Never mind, just go with it.
 

zubenelgenubi

I'm a star
Tides influence the height of water in any given point of the ocean. Some of what influences the tides is the gravitational pull of the moon and other bodies in the solar system, some is the spinning of the Earth. Sea level is the average level of the sea. They have been promising sea level rises and dissapearing ice caps for 30 plus years, and every time we meet the deadline for said events, the deadline gets pushed out another 5 to 10 years. You can relax, we have until the 2030's before the next deadline. Tuvalu has actually grown, and not been overtaken by rising sea levels.
 

DriveInDriveOut

Inordinately Right
Tides influence the height of water in any given point of the ocean. Some of what influences the tides is the gravitational pull of the moon and other bodies in the solar system, some is the spinning of the Earth. Sea level is the average level of the sea. They have been promising sea level rises and dissapearing ice caps for 30 plus years, and every time we meet the deadline for said events, the deadline gets pushed out another 5 to 10 years. You can relax, we have until the 2030's before the next deadline. Tuvalu has actually grown, and not been overtaken by rising sea levels.
You're clearly a witch.
 

vantexan

Well-Known Member
That’s...

Not even the issue.

Gravity is localized and changes depending on the exact circumstances of a particular location.

Not by much, but by enough.

Also, the earth isn’t 100.000% spherical, as well there is our planets’ tilt along our ecliptical path, and the precession of...

Never mind, just go with it.
Yes there's the equatorial bulge. Which means the water is shallower there than in the deeper ocean.
 
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