WSJ Op-Ed: Seas Rising But Not Because Of Warming; Michael Mann Deploys Thermonuclear Tweet

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[Fred Sanders]

2. The Sun is hot and shiny, but not because of nuclear fusion.

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3. The ocean is blue, but not because it reflects the sky

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[joshcryer]

4. Fred Singer wrote this op-ed for the Science, Space and Technology hearing.

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Republican lawmaker: Rocks tumbling into ocean causing sea level rise

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) questioned Duffy on the factors that contribute to sea-level rise, pointing out that land subsidence plays a role, as well as human activity.

Brooks then said that erosion plays a significant role in sea-level rise, which is not an idea embraced by mainstream climate researchers. He said the California coastline and the White Cliffs of Dover tumble into the sea every year, and that contributes to sea-level rise. He also said that silt washing into the ocean from the world's major rivers, including the Mississippi, the Amazon and the Nile, is contributing to sea-level rise.

"Every time you have that soil or rock or whatever it is that is deposited into the seas, that forces the sea levels to rise, because now you have less space in those oceans, because the bottom is moving up," Brooks said.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/republican-lawmaker-rocks-tumbling-ocean-causing-sea-level-rise