Good to see them agree that the seas have been rising. For twenty years I watched an island disappear and lost my house. I am just as suspect of this group as I am of those certain there that we are causing global warming. Both sides of the argument are very clearly politically motivated.
Measuring changes in sea level over time is very difficult once you accept that land moves. Coastal islands move a lot. Not only is there erosion, but there is vertical sagging. Land masses built from sand or mud sag under their own weight. The Mississippi delta is going down at a very fast rate. The upper layer of mud used to get replenished by floods, but dykes have stopped that.
Water levels change on the Great Lakes due to plate rebound.
In Wales I stood on a castle that was built with its walls in the sea, but the sea was over a mile away. It is not surprising that the opposite also happens.
“Good to see them agree that the seas have been rising. For twenty years I watched an island disappear and lost my house. I am just as suspect of this group as I am of those certain there that we are causing global warming. Both sides of the argument are very clearly politically motivated.”
Hmm, maybe the island was sinking?
The Sun is not politically motivated. I attended a seminar on the Sun and Solar Cycle 24 last weekend and it appears that we are heading for a period of little Sun activity... perhaps another Maunder Minimum. If so... buy wool clothing. Also erosion eats more land than rising sea levels... did you see the latest on Australia? She is either rising above the Earth’s crust or the Sea Levels around her are falling. Research and you will find that what I say is true.
LLS