"This article illustrates perfectly the foolishness of world political leaders - trying to make a political point when in fact putting foot in mouth.
And Antonio Guterres illustrates his lack of scientific knowledge in so doing - but did we really doubt that?
Why do these political figures do something so foolish?
Why are they not looking at the science behind their position?
Why are they looking only as fare as the IPCC and no further, when they should know by now that IPCC never, ever intended to tell the truth that science does not support their outrageous contentions?
And Antonio Guterres illustrates his lack of scientific knowledge in so doing - but did we really doubt that?
Why do these political figures do something so foolish?
Why are they not looking at the science behind their position?
Why are they looking only as fare as the IPCC and no further, when they should know by now that IPCC never, ever intended to tell the truth that science does not support their outrageous contentions?
The newest TIME magazine cover features United Nations chief Antรณnio Guterres standing in the water off the island nation of Tuvalu, which the outlet called “one of the world’s most vulnerable countries” to global warming.
The photo, taken during Guterres’ four-country tour of Pacific nations in May, is meant to illustrate one point — that island nations are sinking in the face of global warming-induced sea-level rise.
TIME titled it’s Thursday cover story, “Our Sinking Planet.”
There’s just one problem: Scientific studies show Tuvalu’s islands, indeed most Pacific islands, have actually grown in the face of sea level rise.
There’s just one problem: Scientific studies show Tuvalu’s islands, indeed most Pacific islands, have actually grown in the face of sea level rise.
A 2018 study found that Tuvalu’s total land area grew nearly 3 percent from 1971 to 2014, despite rising sea levels. Satellite and aerial photos showed eight of Tuvalu’s nine atolls and three-quarters of its reef islands increased in size over the last four decades.
Study lead author Paul Kench told AFP, “the dominant mode of change over that time on Tuvalu has been expansion, not erosion.” Kench made similar findings in a 2010 study.
“On the basis of this research we project a markedly different trajectory for Tuvalu’s islands over the next century than is commonly envisaged,” Kench said. “While we recognize that habitability rests on a number of factors, loss of land is unlikely to be a factor in forcing depopulation of Tuvalu.”
Another 2018 study found that nearly 90 percent of low-lying islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans either remained stable or increased in size over the decades."
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