Claim 1. Does increased CO2 cause increased sea level rise? Short answer, data to date says no. There has been no acceleration the rate of sea level rise. Sea level has been rising for centuries. But the rate of the rise has not changed a whole lot. Both tidal stations and satellites show no increase in the historic rate of sea level rise, in either the short or long term. Note that I am not saying anything about the future. The rate of sea level rise might go up again. What we can say, however, is that there is no hint of acceleration in the record, only deceleration. Claim 1 is false to date. wattsupwiththat/2010/01/27/floating-islands/
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 06:54:36 +0000