Recent research has revealed that many low-lying tropical island nations, which were expected to be early victims of rising sea levels due to climate change, are actually stable or even growing. This includes islands in the Maldives, which were predicted to vanish by 2018. Contrary to previous predictions, 89% of these islands have increased in land area. Scientists are now investigating why these islands are not eroding despite sea level rise, and how they are shifting and morphing instead. Over the last two decades, thousands of articles claimed that climate change would destroy small atoll islands. This new understanding challenges the conventional narrative of climate change impacts on small atoll islands.
Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown. Our climate reporter explains how islands in the Maldives are changing. https://t.co/fHm29wI1io https://t.co/D0fQSSES1y
NEW from @thenatpulse: Climate Change was Expected to Sink These Islands. They're Actually GROWING. Climate change is not drowning atoll nat...... READ ON: https://t.co/siXgUeXWqB
NEW: Climate Change was Expected to Sink These Islands. They're Actually GROWING. https://t.co/RIFolKN1tb
“Swings in sea level, they realized, had drowned and exposed the islands several times through the ages. .. [yet recently] Islands in ocean regions where sea level rise is fastest generally haven’t eroded more than those elsewhere.” https://t.co/UQrYBEvkFO
The NYT admits that low-lying islands are not vanishing. Islands in the Maldives Were Expected to Vanish. Climate Science Tells Another Story. - The New York Times https://t.co/SGjmBtZQvf
Remember how the Maldives Islands were supposed to have completely vanished by 2018 due to “rising sea levels” caused by “global warming”? Well, now, islands around the world have gotten LARGER. But climate scam “scientists” will keep doubling down. More twisted logic that will… https://t.co/7WuRMTaqk1
Really important story; despite sea level rise, islands like the Maldives not *necessarily* shrinking You can be deeply concerned about climate change while not falling peril to the folly of making overly concrete predictions in complex systems https://t.co/9rF525jOCU
Excellent piece on scientists trying to figure out why low-lying atolls like the Maldives aren’t dying due to climate change. Instead they’re shifting and morphing, which brings its own challenges https://t.co/LgpxihPQr8
Over the last two decades, scientists and the media published thousands of articles claiming that climate change would destroy small atoll islands due to sea level rise. And the climate change was our fault. "You're making this island disappear," claimed @CNN It was all a big… https://t.co/8MNnstpCMR
According to The NY Times morning newsletter, their “Climate Reporter” is “surprised” as to how sea levels are rising (they have to be because their religion says so!), but islands are INCREASING in size… This of course demands an explanation that still includes rising seas! 😂 https://t.co/IDMjO0hgJg
Climate hoaxers exposed as wrong again: Sea level rise is not disappearing Pacific islands. Most are growing -- 89% have more land area. Climate skeptics have been pointing this out for years. https://t.co/RbJBqb0IXr https://t.co/WXGgbr7Vth
Experts predicted climate change would wipe out tiny islands like the one below. Turns out, many are actually GROWING. https://t.co/9NzFN91imz
Climate experts predicted that tiny islands like the one pictured below would be wiped out by climate change. Turns out, many are actually GROWING. https://t.co/u5AMxZ4mCI
Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown. https://t.co/2smhpco9jl