It’s been a while since I last checked, so here’s an update on the status of the level of the sea, which we’ve been told for years is rising because of man-caused climate change.
The news is that there isn’t any news. The level of the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast has been inching upward for tens of thousands of years. Eons ago, the First Americans were able to live on lands that now are hundreds of feet under water. So the rising sea level is old hat. But except for obvious seasonal and tidal changes, it’s so slow and gradual that it doesn’t affect us.
We’re supposed to worry about this because in 100 or 200 years, some population centers on low-lying coasts might be inundated. But those centers didn’t exist centuries ago. So if they have to move in centuries to come, what’s wrong with that? Change is the way of the world, and as long as humanity has time to adjust, there’s no reason to be alarmed.
Certainly the few people and their dogs wandering around the beach on a wet Sunday didn’t look like they were worried. They had the right idea. (hh
Visiting “The Gem” again
Pretty temperate clime there. Not a great vantage to judge the warming concept.
Suggest a trip to the not-so-frozen north where beaches, permafrost, and glaciers are disappearing.
Yes! The action is at the poles and upper atmosphere, of course …..and descending.
On balance then go to the other pole and see the ice is increasing. Hasso’s got it exactly right. This whole issue is government induced hysteria. New EPA guy will be a great balancing force- Like to see a 50% reduction in the 15,000 employee headcount in that domain.
TC — been concerned about your silence
Actually the ice is retreating at the other pole
Most of the indications are in minimally-populated areas, so they won’t make any news (mainstream or tabloid)
It’s about time the oceans started getting back to where they should be!
EXACTLY how high is NORMAL?
To really enjoy “rising sea levels” we could look to the expertise of the Democratic Senator from Florida who has been in office long enough to find measurably increased sea levels at Miami Beach. He used it to make make an impassioned plea for his rejection of the new director of the EPA. Of course, that island has been slowly sinking for a long time but who needs to mention those details.
Is ocean acidification and reduced oxygen no big deal also?
Very scientific, did you put your head in the sand to make this assessment?
Surely it was a simple visual inspection. Possibly an ear to the sand.
Listen to the alarm bells…
I sure am glad we have Hasso to learn science from…..he knows so much.