In 1986, the New York Times predicted the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the US would lose between 100 and 1,000 feet of shoreline by 2026.
“MANY scientists are so sure that the sea level will rise visibly in the coming decades that they are advising planners to adopt new strategies now. A predicted rise in sea level of one foot within the next 30 to 40 years will drive much of the Atlantic and Gulf shoreline inward by a hundred feet and some of it by more than a thousand feet, according to marine geologists.”
SIGNIFIGANT RISE IN SEA LEVEL NOW SEEMS CERTAIN – The New York Times
Finally a correct prediction.
The gulf shoreline was driven so much inwards that the gulf of Mexico became the gulf of America.
Thank God for the lethargy of government. If they had gotten right to it, just think how much money would have been wasted, moving everything back further from the shoreline.
Have the dire forecasts changed? Not really. all they have really done is move the timeline. I sure hope Trump cuts off the money pipeline that feeds this malarkey
Orrin died this past December. https://www.hallwynne.com/obituaries/orrin-pilkey
To honor his views I heard they buried him above ground like they do in New Orleans. (yes that’s a joke lol) . rip Mr. Pilkey.
Thus science advances, one funeral at a time.
This buffoon never once changed position, no matter how many times he was wrong … still writing the same cranky scaremongering until the end. Same behaviour as a problem gambler, but he never suffered consequences when he was wrong.
https://www.dukeupress.edu/sea-level-rise
I read the beginning of your link. too funny that Pilkey was concerned about New Orleans drowning. was it ever a good location for a city? I don’t think so. if memory serves the city was built on silt. River silt. once they start putting up levees, they got no more silt from seasonal floods and the silt that was already there sunk/settled. not good. recall the tsunami that hit Thailand and India and others about 20 years ago? the settlements that the French founded (or was it the Brits?) founded were unaffected because their policy was you don’t locate a settlement, Fort, City, unless you’re at least 25 ft above sea level. that’s common sense