Dear Sharon F. I'm with Roger on this one. The global averages tell us that atolls around the world are stable or growing. This is an important thing to know as it contradicts the scaremongering about disappearing islands and their inhabitants being displaced. Remember the stunt where the prime minister of the Maldives held a cabinet mee…
Dear Sharon F. I'm with Roger on this one. The global averages tell us that atolls around the world are stable or growing. This is an important thing to know as it contradicts the scaremongering about disappearing islands and their inhabitants being displaced. Remember the stunt where the prime minister of the Maldives held a cabinet meeting in scuba gear, underwater, to "raise awareness" of his fear that his islands would soon disappear under the rising sea levels? Knowing that such islands are stable or growing puts paid to such mythology.
Ahh.. so perhaps more of a communication thing? I'd still be more for maps than averages. perhaps showing where land grew or lost more than a certain number of hectares in the last 30 years? Of course many places may not have the data.. which would be equally true for averages I suppose. So many answers are functions of the temporal and spatial scale chosen!
Or more directly, a table of concerns people articulated that haven't actually transpired within the predicted timeframe.
Dear Sharon F. I'm with Roger on this one. The global averages tell us that atolls around the world are stable or growing. This is an important thing to know as it contradicts the scaremongering about disappearing islands and their inhabitants being displaced. Remember the stunt where the prime minister of the Maldives held a cabinet meeting in scuba gear, underwater, to "raise awareness" of his fear that his islands would soon disappear under the rising sea levels? Knowing that such islands are stable or growing puts paid to such mythology.
Ahh.. so perhaps more of a communication thing? I'd still be more for maps than averages. perhaps showing where land grew or lost more than a certain number of hectares in the last 30 years? Of course many places may not have the data.. which would be equally true for averages I suppose. So many answers are functions of the temporal and spatial scale chosen!
Or more directly, a table of concerns people articulated that haven't actually transpired within the predicted timeframe.