[stefanbatory]

is the sea level rising or is the land level dropping?

[mongo141]

“is the sea level rising or is the land level dropping?”

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More fear mongering to keep the grant money flowing in..

[cookcounty]

Ice-age rebound in the arctic and antarctic, and in the more northerly areas, causes land to rise. Finland is growing by 2.7 square miles per year as the land "rebounds," which means the displaced water has to go somewhere, namely to lower latitude areas.

This is nothing new. The old port at Jakobstad, (aka Kokkola) Finland is now a kilometer away from the sea.

[cuban leaf]

—is the sea level rising or is the land level dropping?—

I just clicked on the link to ask the exact same question. It’s not rocket science.

[alloysteel]

Shoreline retreat may actually be the effect of the East Coast regions SINKING, as the plates that support that part of the East Coast pulls further and farther away from its neighbors.

But so far, there is no constituency for that theory, and no easily applicable reason to raise taxes to accomplish an altogether amorphous objective, as in the instance of global warming, and subsequent melting of the Arctic ice sheets on Greenland.

[sportutegrl]

I think it is high tide. I have to look at my watch to be sure.