Energy, Science & Environment

ENVIRONMENT Land sinkage, not rising sea levels, the real threat*

By Peter Westmore / June 4, 2016

Over recent years, alarming stories about rising sea levels have been widely reported as “proof” of the imminent risk of global warming, when the main cause of any rise is land subsidence. “I know what I said. Now I’m saying ‘climate disruption’.” Bodies such as the Climate Council have taken a leading role in blaming coastal flooding on global warming. A 2014 report, Counting the Costs: Climate Change and Coastal Flooding, co-authored by Prof…

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