Before going on to talk about mitigation of any possible threats posed by sea level rise, however tenuous the threats or small in number the effected islands, i want to further detail the extent to which much of the academic and political world is unaware or unwilling to be aware of the often old scientific literature surrounding sea level rise and coral islands. Continuing to repeat the rhetoric of man made climate change causing sea level rise which coral islands are supposedly helpless to deal with.
This video is from a professor of physical geography at Wales University in 2009:
Whether he personally does understand the full and complex nature of the interactions between sea level rise and he has just not gone into further detail is unimportant, this video and many like it will be influence the general public incorrectly.
This video features the President of the Maldives supporting these ideas. Obviously with a vested interest in receiving compensation, i quote him 'if you have some money, please give it to someone who doesn't have. If you have technology please give it to someone who doesn't have':
Never is a coral atoll islands unique ability to rise with the tides mentioned. Whilst i have clearly shown that to some small extent a small number of islands may be being submerged, the reasons for this are not certain to be eustatic sea level change. The narrative of this blog has clearly been one of a skeptic to this notion, the reason for this skeptical narrative is thought to be in part due to what seems to be a 'band-wagon' of uninformed and or dubious scientists, native peoples, politicians and media organisations making sweeping statements about the perilous future of coral atolls and reefs.
In the next post, as originally planned for this post, mitigation efforts to combat inundation will be assessed.
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