Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to the Australian ABC, despite the ravages of global warming, most tropical coral islands in the Pacific Ocean which were investigated by the University of Auckland are maintaining their size or growing larger.
Hundreds of Pacific Islands are getting bigger despite global warming
Pacific Beat / By Marian Faa
New research says hundreds of islands in the Pacific are growing in land size, even as climate change-related sea level rises threaten the region.
Scientists at the University of Auckland found atolls in the Pacific nations of Marshall Islands and Kiribati, as well as the Maldives archipelago in the Indian Ocean, have grown up to 8 per cent in size over the past six decades despite sea level rise.
They say their research could help climate-vulnerable nations adapt to global warming in the future.
The scientists used satellite images of islands as well as on-the-ground analysis to track the changes.
Coastal geomorphologist Dr Paul Kench said coral reef sediment was responsible for building up the islands.
Dr Kench said in areas where coral reefs were healthy, enough sediment was being produced to cause islands to grow.
“The majority of islands in each of those nations has either got larger or stayed very similar in size,” he said.
“So, you know, one of the remarkable takeaways of the work is that these islands are actually quite dynamic in a physical sense.”
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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-08/why-are-hundreds-of-pacific-islands-getting-bigger/13038430
What I don’t understand is if global warming is threatening to kill off all the coral in the Great Barrier Reef, how can Coral islands be growing larger in the Ailinglaplap Atoll, almost right on the equator?
Professor Kench did express concern about global warming. Perhaps he thinks the coral will all die away if we hit 1.5C or something.
It will never sink in with the control freaks that this planet we live on is far more powerful than they are and can wipe us all out in the blink of an eye. Don’t move next door to a volcano, for example.
Ravages of global warming. What would that be that is not natural!
Sea levels and atmospheric pressure will now rise because of islands growing displacing sea water and air. This will cause a shift in tectonic plates and release organic carbon into the atmosphere. Pluto is on a collision course with Earth caused by a shift in magnetic field causing an unbalance orbit and rotation.
How much of the growth was due to CO2 fertilization?
Their research sounded like give us more money so we can research more..
Went to Tidbinbilla tracking station yesterday in NSW Australia. CSIRO run the station on behalf of NASA. The NASA videos re ice melt in Greenland and sea level rise were firmly anchored around alarmist propaganda rather than even handed scientific research. Stomach churning to watch given that school excursions get fed these videos during their visits.
The good professor might need to take bodyguards next time he visits these islands, these findings do not support the climate reparation shakedown racket.
Be careful getting between governments and “free” money
“What I don’t understand is if global warming is threatening to kill off all the coral in the Great Barrier Reef, how can Coral islands be growing larger in the Ailinglaplap Atoll, almost right on the equator?”
The uptake of CO2 by the ocean, which causes its acidification and ultimately weakens corals, is not constant across the ocean’s surface but depends on multiple factors including temperature.
One can guess that water at the equator is warmer than elsewhere, this absorbs less carbon, thus is less acid, thus endangers corals less.
Again, just a guess.