Guest post by David Middleton

Earth’s surface gained 115,000 km2 of water and 173,000 km2 of land over the past 30 years, including 20,135 km2 of water and 33,700 km2 of land in coastal areas. Nature Climate Change

173,000 km2 – 115,000km2 = 58,000 km2

33,700 km2 – 20,135 km2 = 13,565 km2

If sea level is rising, how did Earth gain 58,000 km2 of net land surface area, including 13,565 km2 of net coastal land surface area? I’m sure that there is an obvious logical answer. The Cretaceous sea level was about 50 m higher than today and land comprised only 23-26% of Earth’s surface area (vs 29% today).

This BBC article goes into a bit more detail and sort of answers my question…

Science & Environment Surface water shifting around the Earth By Rebecca Morelle Science Correspondent, BBC News 25 August 2016 Scientists have used satellite images to study how the water on the Earth’s surface has changed over 30 years. They found that 115,000 sq km (44,000 sq miles) of land is now covered in water and 173,000 sq km (67,000 sq miles) of water has now become land. The largest increase in water has been on the Tibetan Plateau, while the Aral Sea has been the biggest conversion of water to land. The team said many coastal areas have also changed significantly. The research, carried out by the Deltares Research Institute in the Netherlands, is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. […] The team found that vast areas that were once land are now submerged beneath water, with the largest change occurring in the Tibetan Plateau, where melting glaciers are creating huge new lakes. […] The biggest transformation was seen in the Aral Sea in Central Asia. What was once one of the largest lakes in the world has now almost completely dried up after engineers diverted rivers to irrigate agriculture. […] Coastal areas were also analysed, and to the scientists surprise, coastlines had gained more land – 33,700 sq km (13,000 sq miles) – than they had been lost to water (20,100 sq km or 7,800 sq miles). “We expected that the coast would start to retreat due to sea level rise, but the most surprising thing is that the coasts are growing all over the world,” said Dr Baart. “We were able to create more land than sea level rise was taking.” […] The Beeb

“We expected that the coast would start to retreat due to sea level rise, but the most surprising thing is that the coasts are growing all over the world…”

Of course you expected to see coastal retreat due to sea level rise. You always expect the observations to fit the failed AGW hypothesis. The surprising thing is that you keep getting surprised by observations which run counter to your failed hypothesis.

“We were able to create more land than sea level rise was taking.”

No schist Sherlock! Humans have been adapting to sea level changes since we climbed down out of trees. If mankind and our infrastructure adapted to this…

We can adapt to 7 to 11 inches of additional sea level rise without breaking a sweat…

Oh say can you see modern sea level rise from a geological perspective?

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