The_Barnacle wrote on Feb 10
th, 2018 at 10:11am:
Bogarde, you are getting as bad as the mechanic in your refusal to post links.
Perhaps it's because the article reveals that the islands are growing BECAUSE of global warming.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/tuvalu/7799503/... Quote:He said the study suggested the islands had a natural ability to respond to rising seas by accumulating coral debris from the outlying reefs that surround them.
"It has long been thought that as the sea level goes up, islands will sit there and drown. But they won't," Professor Kench said.
The trend is largely explained by the fact that the islands comprise mostly coral debris eroded from encircling reefs, which is pushed up on to the islands by wind and waves.
Because coral is a living organism, it continues to grow and establish itself in its new home, so the process becomes continuous.
Land reclamation and deposition of other sediment also contribute to the process.
I guess you were hoping that no one would be bothered to search for the link and read the article
I usually post sources when I'm at the computer but I can't on my phone.
But isn't it surprising that when we're told one thing for years, and it doesn't happen, lo & behold another explanation comes along to tell us why it didn't happen.
There is a long list of these predictions going back to the 1970s that I saw the other day and none of them happened.
You'd almost think they hoped nobody would remember years later what they said.
Either that or they want to promote skepticism as a way of life.
PS I'm not getting a new phone.