tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298568350190982130.post1602021664227119549..comments2024-03-20T05:46:39.773+00:00Comments on Irish Energy Blog: Sea Level Rise (or Not) in Ireland ?Irish Energy http://www.blogger.com/profile/16354100971015557625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298568350190982130.post-77214024694579866252017-10-05T14:01:33.104+01:002017-10-05T14:01:33.104+01:00Miami is sinking is sinking .Due to over developme...Miami is sinking is sinking .Due to over development on marsh land. They include this in their calculations of sea level rise. You sink therefore you rise. Incredible. How many coastal cities are sinking due to over development on marshy land?. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298568350190982130.post-87355218335878544492017-09-26T10:23:54.815+01:002017-09-26T10:23:54.815+01:00Yes Nigel, you are correct. The EPA have used glob...Yes Nigel, you are correct. The EPA have used global data to support their claim that sea levels have risen in Ireland. They have decided not to use the local Irish gauges which would not have supported their claim of run away sea level rise.Irish Energy https://www.blogger.com/profile/16354100971015557625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298568350190982130.post-38105083965068945052017-09-25T16:32:50.679+01:002017-09-25T16:32:50.679+01:00Can it be that the EPA is assuming that sea level ...Can it be that the EPA is assuming that sea level changes on the Irish coast are identical to the global average sea level as their 2016 report cites the paper "Sea-Level Rise from the Late 19th to the Early 21st Century", Church J.A. and White N.J., 2011?<br />The Church and White paper estimates the average rise in global average sea level to be 3.2 ± 0.4 mm/year from the satellite data and 2.8 ± 0.8 mm/year from the in situ data.<br />The EPA might have been better advised to cite the PSMSL station information for Dublin for 1938-2009 which has a completeness factor of 99% (as you have done), rather than attributing a global average to the Irish coast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com