Re:Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather ...
by dwaltrip on Sunday September 22, 2019 @08:25PM
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Exponential or parabolic, the rise is still accelerating. The second derivate of sea level is positive in either case.
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Re:Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather ...
by gus_massa on Monday September 23, 2019 @11:50AM
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Yep, like .2 mm/y^2. Exponentials grow much faster than parabolas. When you see that an exponential changes from almost 0 to something, it will change from something to too big to fit in the graph soon, really soon. Parabolas grow more smoothly. The difference is important to make some realistic predictions.