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Ancient Mediterranean seawall first known defense against sea level rise and it failed
Eurekalert! ^
| December 18, 2019
| Flinders University
Posted on 01/01/2020 9:19:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Artist reconstruction of ancient village and seawall. Credit: John McCarthy and Ehud Gallili
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:19:27 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Ancient Neolithic villagers on the Carmel Coast in Israel built a seawall to protect their settlement against rising sea levels in the Mediterranean, revealing humanity's struggle against rising oceans and flooding stretches back thousands of yearsI bet it was caused by mankind burning fossil fuels and pollution.
Oh, wait...
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:25:23 PM PST
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: SunkenCiv
Wait, sea level rise is man-made, due to carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. Everyone knows that! So do you mean ancient Mediterranean civilizations had SUVs and coal-burning electrical stations? Wow, who knew. Science is so fascinating.... :-)
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:26:23 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: SunkenCiv
Well ... obviously ... there were no SUV’s or aerosol hairspray’s back then ....
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:26:31 PM PST
by
Mr_Moonlight
(Ich bin ein Irredeemable Deplorable)
To: DoodleBob
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:27:17 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: SunkenCiv
These researchers left out the fact that it was the end of the last Ice Age and modern man today could build a coastal wall to contain or divert that amount of water.
natural process hijacked for modern political BS.
Great article SunkenCiv. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:30:56 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: SunkenCiv
Global warming is a hoax.
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:32:51 PM PST
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
To: SunkenCiv
Seriously, though, the wall shown in the artists rendition, constructed from boulders, wouldnt have done a damn thing against sea level rise, but it would have been useful against storm-caused waves. Slow rise would have gone right through a boulder wall, and around it. But waves would probably have been stopped from reaching up the beach, in the small protected area.
If the sea levels did rise, that explains the abandonment of the village. But I think the wall wasnt meant to prevent slow rise. Just a thought...
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:33:59 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: SunkenCiv
Wouldn’t it be more logical that a seawall was built to provide an artificial harbor?
Why did the author reflexively go straight to globull worming?
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:39:25 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: DoodleBob
If they had only paid more taxes and let the politicians skim the money into their accounts then the sea would have stayed where is was.....
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:45:34 PM PST
by
minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....)
To: SunkenCiv
revealing humanity's struggle against rising oceans and flooding stretches back thousands of years. What a foolish statement. As if the idea that coastal changes are something new to archaeologists. Most of the migratory path of the Clovis culture is underwater, for example.
Current estimates predict 21st century sea level rise to range from 1.7 to 3mm per year, representing a smaller change when compared to the threat experienced by the Neolithic community that built the ancient sea wall, however many of the same challenges will be posed according to the authors.
Ah, I see. So the point of this article is really just to draw a parallel to so-called anthropomorphic climate change. Got it.
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posted on
01/01/2020 9:54:11 PM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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posted on
01/01/2020 10:16:20 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: DoodleBob
I bet it was caused by mankind burning fossil fuels and pollution. Greta blames it on left over dinosaur farts and campfires by the bipeds of the time.
The great big yellow ball of flame in the sky had nothing to do with it she says. Never mind that earth is the size of a grain of sand on Michael Moore's butt; comparatively speaking.
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posted on
01/01/2020 10:21:36 PM PST
by
Boomer
('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
To: SunkenCiv
That was it? One country built a seawall while the rest of the world sat on its hands? How darest thou?!
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posted on
01/01/2020 10:25:27 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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posted on
01/01/2020 10:25:57 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Texas Eagle
Unlike their neighbors near and far, the people of the village never learned to swim.
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posted on
01/01/2020 10:27:48 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv; All
An entire civilization comprised of over a dozen cities is under 50ft of water off the coast of India.
Global Warming already happened.
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posted on
01/01/2020 10:29:57 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Mariner
I heard it happened long about a Saturday night, yeah.
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posted on
01/01/2020 10:36:33 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: stars & stripes forever
That is true and also written “the earth will ‘wear out’ like a garment”.....
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posted on
01/01/2020 10:37:58 PM PST
by
caww
To: DoodleBob
They had only 12 years to stop it, and now look what happened./s
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01/02/2020 12:12:18 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
("SHUT UP!" he explained)
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