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more than 200 feet of the shore has been eaten away since 1969, ... Efforts to move the town in 1973 ... Given those dates, it seems a stretch to lay this enti

more than 200 feet of the shore has been eaten away since 1969, ... Efforts to move the town in 1973 ... Given those dates, it seems a stretch to lay this entirely at the feet of climate change. AIUI, that was before the effects of climate change were being felt (and even before, as deniers like to point out, people were worried about global cooling) The article says a barrier island that has been steadily disappearing because of erosion and flooding attributed to climate change. But provides no explanation of this other than a generic link to articles on the topic of climate change in general.

zasz 10y ago
Warming has actually been increasing since the Industrial Revolution, according to this link: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15874560 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15874560
- kbutler 10y ago
  ...largely because the industrial revolution happened to occur as the world was starting to come out of the "little ice age". And if anthropogenic climate change helped to bring the temperatures up the 1.5-2 C from that point, we're all profoundly grateful.