“In 1988 there was this prediction via an article in the Canberra Times,” writes meteorologist Anthony Watts (who gave a hat tip to Tony Heller, links to both sites below:

“Sea level is threatening to completely cover’ Maldives’ 1,196 islands within 30 years.”

“Well, it’s 30 years later, and the Maldives is still there,” says Watts. ‘All 1196 islands.” Here’s the article:

“Not only that, other Pacific islands similar to the Maldives, and also said to be threatened by sea level rise have been found to be GROWING in size.” See entire article:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/10/03/fail-30-year-old-climate-prediction-proves-to-be-a-load-of-bunkum/ Hat tip to Tony Heller

https://realclimatescience.com/2018/10/missed-it-by-that-much-3/ Thanks to Gabriel Rychert for this link