We are expected to believe that scientists had accurate enough measuring statistics that enabled them to say that, going back to 1900, we can measure a total sea level rise of about 10”. And that since 1992 we can safely say that the sea level is rising 0.12 inches per year. We are supposed to believe that sea level rise of the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic ocean can be measured to an accuracy of 0.04 to 0.1 inches per year since 1900? Or, can we go back“several thousand years” and safely say to a fraction of an inch what the sea level was then?
From NOAA National Ocean Service:
Records and research show that sea level has been steadily rising at a rate of 0.04 to 0.1 inches per year since 1900.
This rate may be increasing. Since 1992, new methods of satellite altimetry (the measurement of elevation or altitude) indicate a rate of rise of 0.12 inches per year.
This is a significantly larger rate than the sea-level rise averaged over the last several thousand years.
What are the biggest climate change hand-wringers doing about this? The Obamas take His and Hers airplanes from DC to the same city in California on the same day and that is perfectly ok. Barbra Streisand looks like she has a lawn right out of a Rain Forrest. Not one hand wringer out there is making a single iota of an effort to change their life style to back up their BS.
So, what things could boost sea levels?
More insoluble material in the ocean beds could do it. It isn’t automatically a matter of more water there.
But such questions are not even brought up.
Also, good altimetry would need to follow tidal activity and synchronize to points that are equivalent by season and tidal phases. Otherwise we are comparing the diameters of apples and oranges. Tides are several feet, not a tiny fraction of an inch.
The climate alarmists are so quick to denounce anything announced by those money worshiping capitalists, but never tell us how much grant money is based on being able to keep their own story up.