Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong

Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by ddlatham on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:40AM (#23391492)

As a native to the US west coast, I was very surprised to realize that Toronto, Ontario is further south than Portland, Oregon.

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Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by arh68 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @03:16PM (#23394985)

Wow so I looked at a map: Portland, Oregon is north of Portland, Maine? Maine?! That is surprising.

And I was the nerd in high school pointing out Rome is north of NYC.

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Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by altoidaltoid on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:08AM (#23391821)

I always refer to my Toronto colleagues ( I am in Seattle ) as Southerners...

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Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by naveens on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @12:51PM (#23393128)

Distortions of the Mercator Projection...

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Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by ddlatham on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @12:55PM (#23393179)

I'm not sure how that would affect perceptions of relative latitude.

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Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by mec31 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:05PM (#23394008)

Here’s one of my favorites: What state in the US is closest to Africa?

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Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by barking on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @03:51AM (#23401028)

That's a really good one (I googled the answer), never would have expected it.

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