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Originally Posted by mtdjed
The above is not from fact but a statement of opinion with no factual basis. The fact is that the oceans are rising per measurement. 8 to 9 inches over the last 140 years, 4 inches of that in the last 30 years. And a reported current rate of .15 inches per year. Estimates say it could rise 10-12 inches by 2050, far from the statement above.
I have included the source of the above numbers.
Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise
Incidentally, the statement that most of Florida coastline will be underwater is nonsensical. By definition coastline is the boundary between where land meets water. The coastline may move, but it will still be there.
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The Villages Weather Club is well aware of the new satellite technology regarding sea levels. However, it does not match hundreds of years of historical records from ground-truth data. The following is from Climate4You DOT Com ... "Data from tide-gauges suggest an average global sea-level rise of 1-1.5 mm/yr, while satellite-derived records suggest a rise of more than 3 mm/yr. The difference between the two data sets has still no broadly accepted explanation, but some of the difference is likely due to administrative changes introduced into the raw data obtained by satellites." Which ever you believe is not that significant, since the seas were about 20 feet higher during the prior Interglacial Warm Period - which was much warmer than today.