Earth proves smarter than humans_again
June 3, 2010 2:48 pm EcologyGaia has once again shown she is able to adjust to changing conditions and look after herself without help from Algore or the UN IPCC Chicken-Littles, with all of their Doomsday forecasts of the consequences of AGW.
Many low-lying islands in the Pacific are growing in size to counter the effects of rising sea levels, according to new research.
Scientists have feared that many of the small islands throughout the South Pacific will eventually disappear under rising sea levels caused by climate change.
But two researchers who measured 27 islands where local sea levels have risen 4.8 inches over the past 60 years, found just four had diminished in size.
The study found that the coral islands are able to respond to changes in weather patterns and climate, with coral debris eroded from encircling reefs pushed up onto the islands’ coasts by winds and waves.
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Tobermory
FredR :
Date: June 4, 2010 @ 6:18 AM
But, but, but …. wasn’t Global Warming(TM), oceanic acidification(TM) also supposed to spell the death knell for corals?
How DARE those coral atols keep growing! D*mn those incovenient polyps for not reading from the approved script!