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tweeted a thread yesterday about the baffling lack of hurricanes so far this season...
So, maybe the ocean levels ain't rising after all. In the article the author tries to explain away the islands growing by saying it is extra sand. Sorry, that just cannot physically happen.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/researchers-stunned-after-analyzing-nearly-1-000-vanishing-islands-i-m-not-sure-we-really-knew-what-we-would-find/ar-BB1pUnui
Evidence that the planet has never been as cold as it has been in the last few million years (about the time that humans have been around), suggesting that there are other non-human factors that explain the significant variation in global temperatures, and it is inevitable that we should now expect to be in a period of rapid warming and probably grateful too given the size of the human population and the fact that mammals (of which we are one species) evolved and thrived at much higher temperatures than today.
Extra sand from where?
Forbes ran a remarkable story a couple weeks ago, with the astonishing headline, “Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora May Be Visible In U.S. For Two Years, Scientists Say.” Two years!
The science part is that the May’s Solar Superstorm apparently stirred up Earth’s ionosphere, a thick upper layer of the atmosphere electrically charged by solar radiation. Who knew? Not only is it so stirred up it is producing persistent auroras in parts of the world where nobody’s ever seen them before, but it’s also heating up and moving the air in the upper atmosphere around. A lot.
The article stopped short of suggesting this could affect the weather somehow. I don’t blame them; they simply aren’t allowed to say that.
producing persistent auroras in parts of the world where nobody’s ever seen them before
RWSGFY says
Extra sand from where?
King tides. Happens at my condo too. I'm not saying they aren't full of shit but it happens.
SoTex says
RWSGFY says
Extra sand from where?
King tides. Happens at my condo too. I'm not saying they aren't full of shit but it happens.
But isn't it ultimately comes from the rivers and these are mostly dambed. There has been mucho crying about how coasts are eroding because of that.
On 2nd thought, I bet my sand is coming from crushed coral reefs. The tourists are helping greatly with this.
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