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> “The development of materials that can float for ages, and the rising levels of seas due to climate change, make the possibility of these events larger and la
by jlmorton 9y ago
> “The development of materials that can float for ages, and the rising levels of seas due to climate change, make the possibility of these events larger and larger.”
I'm very curious how the total observed sea level rise of 19cm over the past 100 years has had any measurable effect on cross-continent species transfer by rafting.
I don't mean to belittle the current, or projected sea level rise, but merely point out that it's unhelpful to the climate debate to falsely attribute problems to climate change.
- Retric 9y agoThe source material for this stuff is things like plastic chairs. Sea level rise may not change the trip, but it will increase the frequency for people's stuff starting the trip as beach homes don't move until the ocean removes them which is becoming more common. Put another way if the ocean was 7 inches lower then fewer homes would have been destroyed by the tsunami and less junk would have made the trip. Sea level rise stacks with other events so there is more small events and bigger events get magnified.