Pacific island thought to be sinking is actually growing

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

[SeekAndFind]

"Save Tuvalu, save the world" was the battle cry at the 2015 climate conference in Peru.  The prime minister of that tiny Pacific island nation begged the conference to keep his country from "disappearing."

Independent:

Enele Spoaga arrived in Brussels on Monday to call on [E.U.] leaders for support ahead of the next [U.N.] climate change summit in Paris in December.

The group of islands, home to just 10,000 people, is under direct threat by rising sea levels due to climate change as it is no more than 4m above sea level at its highest level.

"If this island disappears under water, it is not the end of climate change.  And I ask you[:] what future do we hold?  We need to collaborate as one human face to save human[]kind.

"We are told that even 2 degrees global warming is too dangerous as it would mean that Tuvalu would disappear under the water.  Yes[,] we can move the Tuvalu inhabitants to other peoples' lands but it will not stop climate change."

Tuvalu is one of several island chains in the Pacific ... vulnerable to rising sea levels.

Heartrending, isn't it?  The Paris Accords on climate change adopted a "climate mitigation" program that would have helped save Tuvalu from certain disaster.

But how "certain" is it?  A study by the University of Auckland discovered that, far from "disappearing," the island atolls that make up the nation are actually growing.

[whistleduck]

Must be driving the left and globull warning subset batty.

Got to be Trump.

[Mark17]

I wonder if that dip wad still thinks Guam will capsize, if more troops are sent there?

[EvilCapitalist]

As long as it doesn’t flip over like Hank Johnson thought would happen to Guam.

[beethovenfan]

No, they just ignore it and continue on with their faulty “models”. Facts don’t matter to them.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Liberals never let an insignificant thing such as being 100%, absolutely wrong change their minds.

[CommerceComet]

With the highest elevation being only 4 meters, I’d be more worried about a tsunami that is a real thing as opposed to rising sea levels due to climate change that is fake.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[dp0622]

We need to collaborate as one human face to save human[]kind...

What? Why the #### is it that I can’t understand 90 percent of the things leftists say?

[dp0622]

one of the more embarrassing moments in US history.

But hey, we landed men on Mars and the constitution was written in the 1600s, so what do I know? :)

[Huskrrrr]

I thought this was settled science.

[DennisR]

You mean Hank Johnson, right?

[Mark17]

Yep. What an idiot that chump is. I don’t know how that officer kept a straight face, while listening to him.

[joma89]

To use the Instapundit.com’s response, “Unexpectedly!”

JoMa

[samtheman]

I’ve been recycling for 20 years. It’s finally paying off.

You’re welcome.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

The Officer is a professional thats how.I bet he still laughs about it and gets down on his knees every night and thanks God he does not live in that dumb sumbitches district.

[TigersEye]

Claim That Sea Level Is Rising Is a Total Fraud

Sea levels began to rise 18k years ago at the end of the last glacial period. They have risen about 135 meters since then which is an average of 7.5 millimeters per year. That is an average of 750 mm per century (29.5 inches) which is far more than the average over the last century.

From 1880 to 2000 sea level rose about 20 cm or just under 8 inches. Far less than the nearly 30 inches per century average over the last 18,000 years.

The most recent data from NASA shows a decline in sea level.

Inconvenient: NASA shows global sea level…pausing, instead of rising

[grey_whiskers]

Post #3. FR continues to uphold its standards! :-)

[smokingfrog]

Global warming IS causing the seas to rise — and it’s been going on for 18,000 years.

[TigersEye]

Yes, that’s true. It was right around the time the white European males wiped out the Neanderthals who lived in perfect harmony with the earf.