4 ms·

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/10/headlines-exaggerated-climate-link-to-sinking-of-pacific-islands http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/

• jessriedel 10y ago
  Not to mention buried in the OP article: > However, the report stresses that the inundation does not result from rising sea levels alone. > It found that shoreline recession was substantially worse in areas exposed to high wave energy, and that extreme events and inappropriate development were also factors contributing to the erosion.
  • cryptoz 10y ago
    The local sea level rise due to changing trade winds and higher than normal trade winds, is also likely a result of global climate change, as noted in the linked article. This is a nuanced change in local sea levels, that is not due to global sea level rise as a result of climate change; however, it does sound like the study concludes that it is likely that other consequences of global climate change are in fact responsible for the local sea level rise and much of the other erosion.