Lately there have been numerous claims of a coming sea level rise catastrophe resulting from the “climate crisis” supposedly driven by ever increasing fossil fuel related emissions of carbon dioxide. The claims include coastal sea levels rising a meter or more over coming decades and inundating many coastal cities. I decided to examine the actual coastal sea level measurements to see what they show regarding these extraordinary claims. What I found is that coastal sea level measurements indicate that the long-term absolute coastal sea level rise is not accelerating and is not alarming. In fact, it is consistent with what humans have dealt with over the last 150 years and nothing worse.
Sea level changes are very important to human activities and interests at coastal locations, especially in populated areas. However, what happens in the middle of oceans is of little consequence in this regard. Thus, I have focused on…
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