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2018-02-10 Science & Technology

'Sinking' Pacific nation is getting bigger: study

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-10 02:06|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Middle age spread.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-10 02:18|| 2018-02-10 02:18|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope the growth is evenly balanced. The Hank Johnson 'tip-over' factor should not be discounted.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-10 07:03|| 2018-02-10 07:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Atolls and reefs are former volcanic islands. Over time erosion and other natural forces wash all that volcanic soil into the ocean and the islands shrink. It has nothing whatsoever to do with global warming or rising sea levels. Hopefully the hot spots under the earth's crust at the bottom of the ocean create new volcanoes and new islands as tectonic forces pull the older islands away from the hot spot.

The Hawaiian Islands are prime examples.

The southwestern most island in the chain, the Big Island, is currently home to two active volcanoes and one of these has been in a constant state of eruption since 1983. Kilauea has been pouring lava down its slopes and into the ocean since then and making the island bigger as it does so.

To the northeast, past Kauai and Niihau, are a series of smaller reefs and atolls that were at one time millions of years ago probably as big as the Big Island but have since been eroded to their current state.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-02-10 13:25|| 2018-02-10 13:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Our catastrophe isn't arriving on schedule. We will need more disaster aid...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-02-10 13:41|| 2018-02-10 13:41|| Front Page Top

#5 This is definitely a sign of global warming. Like a wool sweater in a hot dryer, global warming is making the Earth shrink. This causes islands like Tuvalu to be more exposed and hence larger. It's Science, bitches!

Posted by SteveS 2018-02-10 15:12|| 2018-02-10 15:12|| Front Page Top

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