Is the Isthmus of Chignecto The Canary in the Coal Mine for Climate Change?

[DennisPTate]

I believe that the geography of the Isthmus of Chignecto between Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick is serving as the proverbial "Canary in the Coal Mine" when it comes to
the topic of Stabilization of the Climate.




"Physics question related to the geography of the Bay of Fundy?"

"If average ocean levels were to rise by ten centimeters.... .would
the multiplier effect of the geography of the Bay of Fundy continue?

The fact that the Bay of Fundy funnels tidal waters plus......
it is over 170 miles long, (274 kms), it produces high tide level that are tenX to fifteenX over the difference in tidal waters where I live.

So... could high tide levels near TRuro, N. S. to Moncton, N. B. be up by a meter or more if average ocean levels were to rise by ten centimeters?" [Dennis Tate, March 7, 2021]

Here is an image that will help you to understand this situation better. Because the Bay of Fundy has a FUNNELLING effect on high tide waters, forcing them into a more and more narrow area, the World's Highest Tides occur in the Bay of Fundy. So, if a large amount of ice where to crack and slide off the Land Based Greenland Ice Sheet and if AVERAGE ocean levels were to rise by ten centimeters, I would expect that the area of the Bay of Fundy that now experience a 10X to 15X MULTIPLIER effect on high tide levels, could well be up by those ten centimeters X ten or one hundred centimeters.

That much of a rise in high tide levels on the Isthmus of Chignecto would tend to liquify the soil of the Isthmus of Chignecto and wash it into the Bay of Fundy.

An online engineer has proposed a rather brilliant solution:

Mervyn DePendleton) :

"Well from an engineering point of view if it was a sure thing and time would allow the answer is not going to be try to air condition the Antarctic. I would think in terms of cutting a relief channel. That would be between Sackville and Amherst would be to excavate a canal that would only start to receive water when the tide is up approximately the half of normal height and this canal would have to continue sloping down and terminate in the Gulf of St. Lawrence across from PEI.

No doubt such an undertaking would get bad reviews from a lot of environmentalist but it could save some of the low level human habitation on the banks of the Bay of Fundy. When I visited the area I remember on the N.B. side that there was a lot of high ground as you went inland from the shore of the Bay.

Another approach would be to think like the Seaway Project where Cardinal and Morrisburg and lots of farms and places on the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence were moved and the land flooded with the power dam near Cornwall. The idea with Fundy would in the energy extraction view would be to tell all the low land people to hit it, your property is ruined. At the sea entrance somewhere more in the direction toward St. John to create a one way valve type mechanism. Let the tide water come rushing and don't let it leave right away. When the tide forces have receded then release the water through turbines to generate electricity. From half tide to low tide and back to just coming back again all the stored water has to be used. It might also be possible to get some energy out of the water when it is rushing in at high tide.

I'm sure some high math and some good engineers could get the greatest benefit possible from conditions we otherwise cannot control. Also do not give up on the earth getting ever hotter as it may well be cooling for a while before us. All the end of world alarmist like Paul Ehrlich and the peak oil we would be burning camel dung by 1999 alarmist have all failed miserably in their predictions. The big problem with all of them is that they are trying to tell us something about the future. Conservative minded people know the secret, if you want to predict the future get out in front of it and do something to shape the future with your own hands.

A good place to get better views of the climate future is here:" (Mervyn DePendleton)

 

[DennisPTate]

Here is a little video that relates to this question.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.5997372

When could Nova Scotia become an island?​

It's a complex question. And while the real answer can be influenced by many variables, it is a question scientists are asking themselves.

If a volcano or two or three were to erupt under or near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, we could potentially see a rapid rise in ocean levels, and the real estate along the Bay of Fundy would be hit first due to the FUNNELLING effect that the Geography of the Fundy has on high tide waters.

West Antarctic Ice Sheet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In my opinion a Carbon Tax will do ESSENTIALLY NOTHING to prevent ocean levels from rising but the Carl Cantrell Alternative Theory on Stabilization of the Climate through turning deserts green through mega-scale desalination of sea water is obviously a better plan than the Al Gore Carbon Tax that has divided us since 2005 when his film "An Inconvenient Truth" came out.

Carl Cantrell.

"So how is our problem of continental drying causing global warming? It all has to do with vegetation and sunlight. When sun light hits a plant, it causes a process which we call photosynthesis where the energy from the sun light creates oxygen for us to breathe, water for us to drink, and is stored as sugar for plants and animals to use. When the same sun light hits the soil, all of its energy turns into heat and is radiated back into the atmosphere.. ."

"Therefore, the less vegetation you have on the planet, the more sunlight is being turned into heat and the warmer the planet becomes...."

"Just take a look at any satellite picture of the earth showing heat and you will see that our deserts are the warmest spots on the planet by far. More heat is being generated by just one of the top four or five deserts than by all of our cities combined.... "

"The truth is that you can do more to decrease global warming by just reducing the average temperature for the Sahara Desert by one or two degrees than if we humans completely quit using fossil fuels and returned to the cave…."

"So, how would you start working to resolve this problem? Easy, cool the deserts and get some vegetation growing on them as soon as possible. But the method is much more complex than that. You have to use the prevailing trade winds in relation to the deserts to get the best results as quickly as possible and it will be extremely expensive…."

"Then we build desalination plants along the coast near these water sheds and pipe water to the tops or ridges of the water sheds…"

"We need to start working on this as soon as possible because, if the planet reaches a point to where it is warming faster than our technology can possibly stop or reverse this warming trend, then our planet is lost and all life will cease to exist on this planet within a relatively short period of time. We will need to start with the largest and hottest deserts because cooling them will have the greatest benefit in the least time (Global Warming II by biologist Carl Cantrell)."

The plan to turn deserts green deliberately actually fits with an ancient Islamic prediction that could be something that Jews, Christians and Muslims could all agree on, and cooperate toward. This could be the next major development in The Abraham Accords.

Book 005, Number 2208:
"Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying: The Last Hour will not come before wealth becomes abundant and overflowing, so much so that a man takes Zakat out of his property and cannot find anyone to accept it from him and till the land of Arabia becomes meadows and rivers."
SAHIH MUSLIM, BOOK 25: The Book on General Behaviour (Kitab Al-Adab)

Up until now the ADDITION OF H2O to Antarctica has kept ocean levels relatively stable. But will this continue?

"At a symposium of the Union of Geodesy and geophysics, Dr. Pyyotor Shoumsky reported that the south polar ice cap was growing at a minimum rate of 293 cubic miles of ice annually. To put that number in perspective, Lake Erie contains only 109 cubic miles of water. Thus, a volume of ice forms on top of the existing ice at Antarctica each year which is almost three times the volume of water in Lake Erie!" (Expanded Discussion of The HAB Theory, Gershom Gale, Expanded Discussion on the HAB Theory.)

I believe that mega-scale sea water desalination technology holds the key to keeping ocean levels stable at the same time that fresh water is provided to people who need lots of fresh water.

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