By P Gosselin
An article in the German TKP science site titled “Die Malediven sinken nicht” (The Maldives are not sinking) challenges the common mythical narrative that the Maldives are destined to disappear due to rising sea levels caused by climate change.
Image taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) onboard NASA’s Terra satellite. Source: ASTER gallery. Courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/Japan Space Systems and the U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
But as we have often reported here at NoTricksZone, most islands have in fact grown in size over the recent decades.
Contrary to the “sinking” narrative, the TKP article cites scientific observations (including satellite data) showing that many islands in the Maldives have actually grown in size or remained stable over recent decades rather than disappearing, This contradicts everything we’ve been told by the climate alarmists.
The TKP article explains that coral atolls are dynamic systems that can “grow” with rising sea levels as coral debris and sediment accumulate on the islands, a natural process that allows them to adapt to changing water levels.
AuthorThomas Oysmüller argues that the image of the sinking Maldives is frequently used by politicians and activists as a symbol of climate catastrophe to justify specific policies, despite hard empirical evidence showing the islands are more resilient than portrayed.
The article points out that the Maldivian government continues to invest heavily in permanent infrastructure, such as new airports and luxury resorts, obvious evidence that even the local authorities do not expect the islands to be uninhabitable in the near future.
The article notes that sea levels have fluctuated throughout history and that the current changes are within a range that the islands have successfully navigated in the past through natural geological processes.
In summary, the Maldives are not currently being “swallowed” by the sea and that the alarmist predictions often seen in the media are not supported by the physical growth and geological behavior of the islands.
