Greenpeace genius talks to underwater statue
Tide gauge data show that sea level is rising somewhere between 0.5 and 1.5 mm/year. If a short person stood on the beach motionless for one thousand to three thousand years, they might be in danger of drowning.
The land is not as stable as people think it is so relative sea levels change. People still want to live in harms way where potential tidal surges can wipe them out because of the beauty of the area that is destroyed by building homes and condos so people can say they live where it was once nice.
There’s a scale problem here too.
The ocean floor isn’t solid like a tin bath, on the scale of 1000s of miles the 5 miles or so of ocean crust is as flexible as canvass, or maybe a kiddies plastic paddling pool.
“If a short person stood on the beach motionless for one thousand to three thousand years, they might be in danger of drowning. ”
This of course explains – except for the motionless part – why we must act ‘for the children.’
Following your link we find another story there, an interview with Greenpeace’s Dear Leader titled ‘Stop gambling with kids’ future.’
“Kumi Naidoo is Greenpeace’s first African Executive Director. Imprisoned for anti-apartheid activities in South Africa at 15, he went on to study at Oxford University.”
Naidoo seems to have quite the fixation on the U.S. as the arch villain, and seems to be promising more ‘civil disobedience’ while comparing his mission to that of Ghandi or Martin Luther King.
And Dear Leader Naidoo says “We can’t change the science, we have to change the politics”… which can be interpreted in several ways.
http://www.euronews.net/2010/12/03/greenpeace-s-chief-stop-gambling-with-kids-future/
It would be interesting to isolate the thermal expansion aspect of sea level rise from the other factors in sea level rise. Using delta OHC should give a first order approximation of thermal expansion or contraction of the seas.
Given that human beings pump so much water from underground, this increases the amount of historic water (i.e. water long removed from the current water cycle) eventually flowing back to the sea and it also lowers the height of the land through subsidence.
Of course, you have to wonder how accurately we can measure sea level rise. One or two or three mm is a very small amount. What is the standard deviation on these measurements? One mm/year is less than four inches per century.
How can so many people be so stupid?
Oh wait, one half is below average.