Are sea levels really rising?
According to the article, it's difficult to measure the true mean sea level of one location and it's even harder to find any changes in the level. Many of the tide gauges are not reliable. This is because many are located in major cities and due to urbanization, subsidence is greater which then is read as the sea level rising. Along the Australian coast, where good quality records are available, the rise recorded was 1.6 cm over the century, which is very insignificant. The only time sea levels rise is when there is atmospheric warming and since 1979, according to satellites, there has not been significant warming.
Daly, John L. "Claims That Sea Levels Are Rising Are Unproven." Opposing Viewpoints: Endangered Oceans. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Alden High School. 10 June 2009
I think it is just a phase, the Earth is constantly seeking dynamic equalibrium, so ocean levels will continue to change. The only reason we care is because it would take our land. If there were a sudden drop in sea level would we care as much?
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