Weren’t they supposed to be under water a decade ago?
Will Hank Johnson order an investigation? I mean, maybe it’ll tip over before it sinks...
The funny part of this is that in fact the title may be correct. That is, it might actually be sinking. The level of the oceans may be constant but landmasses are constantly raising and lowering. The planet is like a big brown paper bag of molasses. The surface is not as solid as it feels to us.
Sucks to be Tuvalu. Whatever a Tuvalu is.
Then MOVE!..............................
https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/
search for tuvalu. I see no detectable shrinkage in the island mass for the last 40 years.
> “Tuvalu is sinking,” Finance Minister Seve Paeniu proclaims of his island nation... <
I just ran that guy’s statement through my Jonny Quest decoder ring. Here’s what came out: “We want money, lots of money.”
So which is it? Is the island sinking or the sea level rising?
Lemme guess - need more funding?
All statements like this one get: "See ya later, alligator".
No, no, Tuvalu is not sinking. The level of the Pacific is rising. Honolulu is under six feet of water...oh, wait.
It’s leaking? Maybe the Japs bombed it in WWII. They should check for cracks around any craters.
Don’t they have any of those Hawaii 5-0 outrigger canoes?
Tuvalu is transitory.
The current sea level is anomaly. People should not live in transitional tidal zones or like tens of millions of homeless Chinese in flood zones
Tuvalu is transitory.
The current sea level is anomaly. People should not live in transitional tidal zones or like tens of millions of homeless Chinese in flood zones
Is the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu growing, and not sinking, as Craig Kelly says?
RMIT ABC Fact Check
Posted Tue 18 Dec 2018 at 2:47pmTuesday 18 Dec 2018 at 2:47pm, updated Thu 20 Dec 2018 at 7:01pm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/fact-check-is-the-island-nation-tuvalu-growing/10627318
Islands have been rising and sinking in the oceans for years.
Trying to blame this on anthropogenic global warming is stupid.
But if we’re gonna blame it on that, China is at fault. Those commies emit more carbon than anyone.
Sea-level rise and climatic change threaten the existence of atoll nations. Inundation and erosion are expected to render islands uninhabitable over the next century, forcing human migration. Here we present analysis of shoreline change in all 101 islands in the Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu. Using remotely sensed data, change is analysed over the past four decades, a period when local sea level has risen at twice the global average (~3.90 ± 0.4 mm.yr−1). Results highlight a net increase in land area in Tuvalu of 73.5 ha (2.9%), despite sea-level rise, and land area increase in eight of nine atolls. Island change has lacked uniformity with 74% increasing and 27% decreasing in size. Results challenge perceptions of island loss, showing islands are dynamic features that will persist as sites for habitation over the next century, presenting alternate opportunities for adaptation that embrace the heterogeneity of island types and their dynamics.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-02954-1