jet comments on Blockbuster sea level study may turn climate change orthodoxy on its head

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The article has no basis in reality. The paper itself indicates the sea level is still rising. The papers just about the rate of rise. Which if your geotechnical engineer designing coastal features, you should incorporate a more accurate projection of sea level rise.

This paper does nothing to disprove climate change at all, it doesn't even say that. This article is using this paper incorrectly to make assertions about things the paper didn't say - this is why using propaganda outlets for science news is a really bad idea.

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[–] Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

... Isn't the rate at which it is rising quite a big deal, and exaggerating the rate of the rise is misleading?

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

Sure! It's really important to develop better models for projecting ocean level growth.

It does not, however, turn everything on its head , and it does not discount the premise the climate is changing.

The news article is politicized beyond what the science says.

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[–] Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com [S] 2 points 1 year ago

I would emphasize, though, that the rate at which they were previously saying it was changing was alarmist and inaccurate.

Kind of like how they routinely would talk about islands going underwater. I remember in the mid 2000s believing that Maldives would likely go under water, something that the then leader of the country also believed... But it just has not happened, and a lot of the talk about the rate at which it is happening ends up encouraging extreme protest positions that do things which are not warranted, IMO.

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