Sea levels are rising but modestly and attempts to link this to use of natural gas or other fossil fuels or, for that matter, CO2, are just plain wrong.

Regardless of what you hear from the SW Florida Conservancy, and other sooth-sayers and saviors of the planet, data is mounting that change in sea levels has nothing to do with the use of fossil fuels and evidence should ally any fear that additional CO2 will increase sea-level rise.

In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Fred Singer, professor emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia, and founder of the Science and Environmental Panel on Climate Change, concludes that “contrary to the general wisdom- the temperature of sea water has no direct effect on sea-level rise. That means neither does the atmospheric content of carbon dioxide”.

It is generally accepted that sea level rise is mainly caused by the thermal expansion of sea water, called the steric component. This can be measured fairly accurately over a short interval, however, over the long term there are complications such as “isostatic adjustment” as continents rise from overlying ice melts and subsidence of the shoreline as ground water and minerals are extracted and storms cause erosion.

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http://naturalgasnow.org/sea-levels-rise-not-natural-gas-fossil-fuels/