Sea-level rise claims five islands in Solomons: study

[ScienceRocks]

Sea-level rise claims five islands in Solomons: study
May 7, 2016

At least 11 islands across the northern Solomon Islands have either totally disappeared over recent decades or are currently experiencing severe erosion, an Australian study shows

Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific's Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that could provide valuable insights for future research.

A further six reef islands have been severely eroded in the remote area of the Solomons, the study said, with one experiencing some 10 houses being swept into the sea between 2011 and 2014.

"At least 11 islands across the northern Solomon Islands have either totally disappeared over recent decades or are currently experiencing severe erosion," the study published in Environmental Research Letters said.

"Shoreline recession at two sites has destroyed villages that have existed since at least 1935, leading to community relocations."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-05-sea-level-islands-solomons.html#jCp

Read more at the link....


Anyways, this is strong evidence that our oceans are in fact raising...Another piece of evidence is that a tidal gauge near New york has seen sea level raise of nearly 1 foot in the past 100 years and LA has lost a shit tone of land...So is it all a hoax? I don't think so.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Its happening all over the world. The Maldives are almost gone and even Venice can't handle high tide any more.

 

[Papageorgio]

How much have they risen?

 

[Tank]

Cool, I'd rather see the sea levels rise then fall

 

[Obiwan]

Sea-level rise claims five islands in Solomons: study
May 7, 2016

At least 11 islands across the northern Solomon Islands have either totally disappeared over recent decades or are currently experiencing severe erosion, an Australian study shows

Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific's Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that could provide valuable insights for future research.

A further six reef islands have been severely eroded in the remote area of the Solomons, the study said, with one experiencing some 10 houses being swept into the sea between 2011 and 2014.

"At least 11 islands across the northern Solomon Islands have either totally disappeared over recent decades or are currently experiencing severe erosion," the study published in Environmental Research Letters said.

"Shoreline recession at two sites has destroyed villages that have existed since at least 1935, leading to community relocations."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-05-sea-level-islands-solomons.html#jCp

Read more at the link....


Anyways, this is strong evidence that our oceans are in fact raising...Another piece of evidence is that a tidal gauge near New york has seen sea level raise of nearly 1 foot in the past 100 years and LA has lost a shit tone of land...So is it all a hoax? I don't think so.

EROSION means the islands are actually SINKING...

But don't worry... The Jackass Party has a handle on it!!!

 

[Blackrook]

Anyone who thinks that sea level property is a guarantee doesn't know anything about geography, which is constantly changing. Look at a map of the world as it was one billion years ago, and you will see everything is different.

earth geography one billion years ago - Google Search

In fact, it was only a few thousand years ago that there was a land bridge between Asia and North America, and the ancestors of the Native Americans walked across it.

Beringia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This process of seas rising and falling and lands changing shape has been happening for billions of years, and will continue until Earth no longer exists, and there is nothing man can do to stop it or even slow it down.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Any idea what happened to nearly 400 islands around Chesapeake that were recorded by settlers in the 1600's and by the mid 1800's were gone? This has happened throughout history

 

[Fenton Lum]

Ours will be a time looked upon some day as another Dark Ages. No rush.

 

[Blackrook]

Ours will be a time looked upon some day as another Dark Ages. No rush.

Because of abortion, yes, that is true. People hundreds of years from now will condemn us as barbarians for allowing 3000 babies to be murdered in the womb every day, and doing absolutely nothing to stop it.

 

[Fenton Lum]

Ours will be a time looked upon some day as another Dark Ages. No rush.

Because of abortion, yes, that is true. People hundreds of years from now will condemn us as barbarians for allowing 3000 babies to be murdered in the womb every day, and doing absolutely nothing to stop it.

I'm a scientist, I don't get my information from a television or radio.

 

[ScienceRocks]

CU Sea Level Research Group | University of Colorado

 

[SassyIrishLass]

CU Sea Level Research Group | University of Colorado

How much gummit money did Colorado U get for that?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Its happening all over the world. The Maldives are almost gone and even Venice can't handle high tide any more.

Link?

Here is one showing the Maldives building underwater airports fool...

Maldives Building Five More Underwater Airports


News from the Maldives that work is underway on five new airports, with another three in the pipeline.



Ministry of Transport and Communication has said that thedelayed works on five regional airports are now underway.
Speaking at a press conference today, Minister of Transport Dr Ahmed Shamheed said that the ministry’s highest priority currently is the development regional airports.
Work is underway on the development of airports in B. Dharavandhoo, Th. Thimarafushi, Ga. Kooddoo, R. Ifuru, and Gdh. Maavarulu.
“Development of airports in all regions is underway. We are currently at the planning stage, and looking for investors,” Dr Shamheed said.
He said that work on N. Maafaru and Sh. Farukolhu airports are yet to begin.

 

[Vandalshandle]

The Right has a very cavalier attitude about the environment. Witness James Watt, Reagan's Sec. of the interior, who was in favor of logging in National Parks, because the Biblical predicted End Times were upon us, anyway. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The Right has a very cavalier attitude about the environment. Witness James Watt, Reagan's Sec. of the interior, who was in favor of logging in National Parks, because the Biblical predicted End Times were upon us, anyway. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Perhaps if the left wasn't continually getting caught fudging data we may not be so skeptical but they are getting caught and yet you loons keep right on believing in this bullshit

 

[ScienceRocks]

The Slow Drowning of the Jersey Coast — Seas Have Risen So High That it Just Takes a Tide to Flood Atlantis(c) City These Days
Around the world seas are rising. Fed by human warming, the great waters have been pushed to thermally expand. The added heat is melting the glaciers as well. And from the high mountains to the Arctic and on into the Antarctic there are few ice masses now that have been untouched by the rising temperatures.

The rise in ocean heights began as human fossil fuel emissions spread into the airs of the early 20th Century — warming both the atmosphere and the waters. The rate of rise was, at first, slow — less than 1 mm per year. But as the greenhouse gasses built up and rates of global heating increased, so did the annual rate of sea level rise. By the end of the 20th Century, sea level rise had more than tripled to about 2.9 mm per year. And by today that annual rate of increase has accelerated to nearly 3.4 mm per year.



(AVISO sea level rise graph shows rate of ocean rise again increasing in the 2010 to 2016 timeframe. It is very likely that glacial destabilization will result in ever-more-rapidly rising ocean waters as the 21st Century progresses. Image source: AVISO.)

The slow sea level rise rates during the 20th Century were manageable. Coastal communities were mostly built on high enough ground to give them some protective margin against the gradually rising tides. But now, for many cities along the US coast and upon its bays and estuaries, a kind of tipping point has been reached. Where it took a moderate-to-strong storm to generate flooding in the past, now only a high tide and a bit of onshore wind will suffice.

This issue is not just a problem for places like Miami and South Florida or New Orleans and the Louisiana Delta. It’s a problem for the entire coastline. And though the lowest-lying areas were affected first, more and more regions are starting to fall below the line of the rising tide.

A Seasonal High Tide Now is Enough to Flood Atlantic City

Such was the situation today in Atlantic City, New Jersey. There, a weak off-shore low pressure system pushed an equally weak wind toward shore. The meager flux of water driven by this mild fetch combined with a seasonal high tide. Together, these entirely normal events were enough to flood streets throughout Atlantic City.



(Arizona avenue floods this morning in Atlantic City. By evening, water levels are expected to have risen even higher. Image source: City of Atlantic.)

The flood began as storm drains dumping into local estuaries started to back up. The rising tide ran up the drains and inundated streets and neighborhoods, causing 1-3 feet of flooding in some areas. Cindy Nevitt — an award-winning Cape May reporter tweeted: “I haven’t seen my street for three days… Forecast for tonight is even worse.”

The flooding was extreme enough to cause road closures and to spark a flurry of social media comments on Twitter. Particularly hard-hit were the neighborhoods of West End and North Wildwood. To be very clear, this is no hurricane, no Superstorm Sandy, just a normal high tide riding on the back of an entirely abnormal sea level rise due to human-caused climate change.

This kind of flooding is not enough to cause major damage. But it is cause for concern. For now, Atlantic City is far more vulnerable to storms and to flooding than it has ever been in the past. And with human warming due to fossil fuel burning continuing to push seas higher, Atlantic City, like so many other US Coastal communities will, sooner or later, face the threat of total inundation.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Its happening all over the world. The Maldives are almost gone and even Venice can't handle high tide any more.

Wow you should tell the investors in China they are wasting their money considering you know more then them

Maybe they will make a statue of you


Chinese investment to help triple Maldives airport capacity|Industries|chinadaily.com.cn





Chinese investment to help triple Maldives airport capacity
Updated: 2015-02-27 10:16
(Xinhua)

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COLOMBO -- Chinese investment is expected to help triple passenger handling capacity of the Maldives international airport with the addition of a new runway, an official said on Thursday.

Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed said efforts were underway under the direct supervision of President Abdulla Yameen to secure financing for the projects.

"The previous development concept was only for the development of the terminal," says Saeed.

"But now we are talking of a whole new airport. We are going to build a second runway. President Yameen wants to build a second runway."

After presenting a conceptual video of the airport depicting the envisioned developments, Saeed said the government targets to complete a large portion of the project by 2017.

"We estimate that MACL (Maldives Airports Company Ltd) will earn $410 million in revenue in 2017 as a result of the redevelopment," Saeed explained, adding that the income would be unprecedented in the government-owned company's history.

Under the new master plan, Saeed said the project for the second runway has been awarded to Chinese Beijing Urban Construction Group (BUCG), which has since submitted BOQ (bill of quantities) and designs to the Chinese Exim Bank.


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[Fenton Lum]

The Right has a very cavalier attitude about the environment. Witness James Watt, Reagan's Sec. of the interior, who was in favor of logging in National Parks, because the Biblical predicted End Times were upon us, anyway. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Perhaps if the left wasn't continually getting caught fudging data we may not be so skeptical but they are getting caught and yet you loons keep right on believing in this bullshit

Horse shit. Turn off your television and radio and go get into the data for yourself. You're political so everything you look at is political. The data is what it is. What you're doing is lazy, you want someone else to tell you, and you want to hear it the way you want to hear it. Stop reacting to everything under the sun emotionally and dig into the science for yourself.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The Right has a very cavalier attitude about the environment. Witness James Watt, Reagan's Sec. of the interior, who was in favor of logging in National Parks, because the Biblical predicted End Times were upon us, anyway. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Perhaps if the left wasn't continually getting caught fudging data we may not be so skeptical but they are getting caught and yet you loons keep right on believing in this bullshit

Horse shit. Turn off your television and radio and go get into the data for yourself. You're political so everything you look at is political. The data is what it is. What you're doing is lazy, you want someone else to tell you, and you want to hear it the way you want to hear it. Stop reacting to everything under the sun emotionally and dig into the science for yourself.

Get lost, loon. They've been caught numerous times....try Google and then shut the hell up already, noob

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Twinkies do not have infinite shelf life.