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"Low-lying, white-sand islands lined with palm trees and perched on tropical coral atolls are the stuff of vacation dreams. It's long been claimed that they will eventually disappear as the sea level rises because of global warning, but when that might happen has been unclear.

A study published Wednesday (April 25) in the journal Science Advances suggests the islands could become uninhabitable in as little as 40 years. However, other scientists vigorously contest the study's conclusions."

[livescience.com]

Angelface 7 Apr 27
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At first I thought you were speaking of the island of Florida.

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What I learned from my Soviet childhood - never believe a forecast that starts from "in 20 or 40 years from now..." As in 40 years the forecaster will either die or be forgotten about. And with 0 responsibility he can throw any crap on you ?. Who wants a 100 dollar bet that Maldives will still be there in 20 years??

I live in an area where villages and towns have been relocating for the past thirty years because of climate change. How silly they're going to feel now that they realize it was all in their imaginations....

@Angelface Hi!
At the town where I was born in last 40 years sea moved coastline couple hundreds meters into land. Is it human caused global warming to blame, or high clay shore that been cut with sea waves at each storm?
Neatherland has 22% of land below sea level. And I think that first dams been build by those guys long before human could cause global warming. Lots of ancient cities on the bottom of the ocean and Mediterranean NOT because Greeks in Platon times burned too much oil lol.
Our planet is alive, it changes. Slowly but surely. Somewhere sea goes up, some places land rises. Sun cycles influence earth temperature more than humans IMHO.
And as for Al Gore and David Sidzuki hypocritic PR bullshit I'm not buying it. Flying personal jetplanes to green conferances and having dozens of houses worldwide, while telling us all to decrease OUR carbon footprint...

@Glenndonn We each have our biases.

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Science (when it comes to predicting things) is not an exact science -- never has been. As they learn more and more, knowledge changes the results. Also, different scientists disagree for many reasons about various points that change the current results. The difference between religion and science, is that science admits when it makes a mistake and changes their own course of actions; religion can't. (and that's weird considering that the religions of today are not the religions of 50 or 100 years ago--they just can't abide change).

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Ask the Dutch whether they are worried. All that land they reclaimed from the sea with dikes and polders and windmills will n ow be flooded. My home along the North sea will be flooded. It's real. Oh, yes, half of Florida will be a snorkeling adventure.

Hadn't thought of that upside.... entirely new opportunities for snorkel adventure vacations in Fl and eventually SCUBA diving the NYC subway system and abandoned buildings.

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In some areas it is happening already.

Its been happening and it's now far enough advanced to be seen by the naked eye. I posted this article because I wanted to increase awareness, see different viewpoints by scientists online and posters and to engage people with reality. I live in the Arctic, where multiple, severe storms, sea erosion, tidal changes, and extensive loss of sea ice has become the new norm.

Notable changes in land and plant life, animal increased rates of stillbirths and birth defects and geothermal new patterns along with more volcanic activity, more tension along the two major fault lines with more severe forest fires and more damaging wind and rain.

On the university on the edge of this city, scientists from Asia, Scandinavian, East European, African scientists, and researchers have been meeting and discussing these changes since the nineteen-eighties! The university has been involved in climate change regardless of political blather because it is not only seen here but worldwide.

On another note, the rapid decrease of arctic ice around the North Pole has several countries salivating at the prognosis of petroleum, natural gas and other resources thought locked away, and unattainable. Suddenly the apex of the world is crawling with research ships of multiple origins. Even in tragedy, there are hucksters and robber barons.

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Costa Mesa CA and Mastic NY will become new white sand islands after being cut off by rising water levels. So, not to worry!

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Sea levels are rising. There is conclusive proof of that.
Those other "scientists" are probably not scientists at all.
Since I live inland, and on a hill, I expect this will be oceanfront sooner than later.

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