[Jagermonster]

They couldn't help themselves - they had to stick in a sea-level rise comment:

"In the 21st century, the Virginia Chesapeake has experienced sea-level rise of 3 to 5 millimeters per year – a rate that exceeds the global average. The region’s gradually sinking land makes the area “more vulnerable than many other coastal regions,” says the US Geological Survey, causing this rate to likely triple in coming decades." (Emphasis added).

Note the bold - sea level, must, by its physical nature, be the same worldwide. Perhaps that subsiding land may account for the entire measurement?

[littleharbour]

My father was a stout conservative and conservationist. He grew up fishing, hunting and farming, and pursued all three into his 80’s. There is a big difference between a conservationist and environmentalist. A conservationist believes we are stewards of the earth and need to ensure nature is not destroyed, or we will be deprived of Nature’s bounty. Environmentalists view Nature as something to be worshipped, not used, and view conservationists as complicit with human “users”.