I was watching one of those nature programs on TV. The story was about an island in the South Pacfic. It seems that the island is disappearing because global warming is melting the ice caps and causing the ocean to rise. They even showed an underwater picture of a residential street sign.
The top of this sign was about 8 feet under water. Assuming that the top of the sign was 7 foot off the ground, they are claiming that the ocean has risen by 15 feet!! I don’t think so.
Since the South Pacific is connected to all of the other oceans, if it has come up 15 feet, all of the other oceans will have risen by an equal amount. But, Florida is not underwater, so I have to assume that it has not experienced that 15 foot rise in the ocean level.
As I continue watching the program, I learn that their main business is exporting tar. They dig the tar from the center of the island and load it on to ships. And they have been doing so for years. In short, they are selling their island a freighter at a time.
The ocean isn’t rising, their island is sinking. Soon it will be gone. Sold to an asphalt company on the main land.
Sad.
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