Climate Non-Change
In your article "Solomon Islands Makes Strong Statement on Climate Change" you repeat the incorrect claim that rapidly rising sea levels are threatening low-lying coral atolls.
First, there has been absolutely no increase in the rate of sea level rise. In fact, in the last few years it has slowed down...
First, there has been absolutely no increase in the rate of sea level rise. In fact, in the last few years it has slowed down...
The first and most important fact, discovered by none other than Charles Darwin, is that coral atolls essentially "float" on the surface of the sea… The problems in the low-lying atolls are not from rising sea levels.
They are from coral mining and reef destruction… and killing of the parrotfish that produce the sand required to keep the atolls afloat ...
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