Ash HN: Sea levels are rising, so why is coastal real estate not falling?

Re:Ash HN: Sea levels are rising, so why is coastal real est... by gadders on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:17AM (#31270876)

I wonder what the correlation is between their dire predictions, and the actuality of sea level changes where they live?

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Re:Ash HN: Sea levels are rising, so why is coastal real est... by eesmith on Thursday May 05, 2022 @01:25PM (#31276166)

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.... shows the relative sea level trend for Boston. Eyeballing it, looks like a 10 cm rise in the last 20 years, with no sign of slowing down.

That alone suggests another 40 cm by the end of the century.

Why do you think the predictions are wrong?

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Re:Ash HN: Sea levels are rising, so why is coastal real est... by gadders on Friday May 06, 2022 @11:33AM (#31286375)

I don't think the predictions are wrong. I think the rhetoric is hyperbolic.

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Re:Ash HN: Sea levels are rising, so why is coastal real est... by eesmith on Friday May 06, 2022 @04:18PM (#31289235)

Then perhaps I misunderstood.

Michael E. Mann wrote "Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming". He lives in Amherst, at about 90 m elevation.

The "the actuality of sea level changes where they live" is zero for him, as there is no sea where he lives, and it would take a very large increase for it to reach him.

How is that data point relevant?

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