So here's a riddle: What is half the size of Pennsylvania and makes millions of people look foolish?
The answer is not an obvious one. It's 22,000 square miles of land. What makes this land special, however, is that it is new land that has been created along the coasts of the continents during the last three decades.
Think about that. Starting over twenty years ago, we were told that global warming would melt the polar ice sheets and raise the level of the oceans. As a result, coastal cities like New York and Miami would get submerged under ocean water. Now, however, four peer reviewed studies from around the world have found that there is no indication of any rise in the oceans due to man made global warming. In fact, careful monitoring of coastal regions has found that about 22,000 square miles of additional land has risen out of the water during the last 30 years.
How can that be? Here's something to keep in mind that may help explain it. Extremely accurate measurements taken by satellites have found that the snow and ice pack on Antarctica has been growing rather quickly over the last 20 years. The ice in Greenland has been melting, but much more water has ended up in the ice at the south pole than has been lost from Greenland.
Then, of course, there's the problem that for the last 18 years, the atmospheric temperatures measured around the world have not been rising. It seems that global warming has not been taking place.
The answer is not an obvious one. It's 22,000 square miles of land. What makes this land special, however, is that it is new land that has been created along the coasts of the continents during the last three decades.
Think about that. Starting over twenty years ago, we were told that global warming would melt the polar ice sheets and raise the level of the oceans. As a result, coastal cities like New York and Miami would get submerged under ocean water. Now, however, four peer reviewed studies from around the world have found that there is no indication of any rise in the oceans due to man made global warming. In fact, careful monitoring of coastal regions has found that about 22,000 square miles of additional land has risen out of the water during the last 30 years.
How can that be? Here's something to keep in mind that may help explain it. Extremely accurate measurements taken by satellites have found that the snow and ice pack on Antarctica has been growing rather quickly over the last 20 years. The ice in Greenland has been melting, but much more water has ended up in the ice at the south pole than has been lost from Greenland.
Then, of course, there's the problem that for the last 18 years, the atmospheric temperatures measured around the world have not been rising. It seems that global warming has not been taking place.
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