Pacific island thought to be sinking is actually growing

American Thinker ^ | 02/10/2016 | Rick Moran

[Mark17]

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[a fool in paradise]

“it is no more than 4m above sea level at its highest level.”

So passing waves and rising tides already flood the “islamds” daily?

Sounds like a sandbar.

[niteowl]

A pretty good explanation of this (how coral atolls can actually gain land even as sea levels rise) was given by Willis Eschenbach on Anthony Watt’s site about eight years ago.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/27/floating-islands/

And no, it doesn’t claim that these islands can tip over. Basically they are a balance between sand deposit and erosion, but as sea level gets higher “the balance tips in favor of sand and rubble being added to the atoll”. Willis claims that this was first documented by Charles Darwin.

One of the best science blogs around.

[Fai Mao]

Hank Johnson is hated here. Guamians are a bit touchy about people dissing our pretty island

http://www.guam-beaches.com/

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[taxesareforever]

He’s probably suggesting that the U.S. put troops on it to make it stop rising.

[Mark17]

Hank Johnson is hated here. Guamians are a bit touchy about people dissing our pretty island

When I first heard that idiot say it, I thought he was joking. He wasn’t joking. What an idiot.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Global Warming

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