Who you gonna believe, us, or your own lying eyes?

“Scientists” insist that sea levels are rising, despite photos showing otherwise

The First Church of Climate Change demands absolute fealty lest Mother Gaia smite thee mightily with a fearsome blow. This is why, for example, true believers such as Barack Obama only purchase property guaranteed safe from rising sea levels and … oh, wait …

Nevertheless, intrepid defenders of the faith are unceasing in their efforts, demanding who do you believe: them, or your lying eyes and ears. The latest foray involves recently circulated photos of Sydney Harbor taken some 140 years apart.

It is not possible to gauge sea level rise simply by comparing two images of a location side-by-side, experts told Reuters, despite claims made online.

The photographs may reflect “different tidal stages,” Gary Griggs, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, told Reuters.

An absolute global rate of sea-level rise has been recorded since 1993 by orbiting satellites, Prof Griggs said.

“This rate has averaged 3.42 mm/yr.[o.13“] but over the past decade or so has increased to 4.77mm/yr. [0.185”] over the past 10 years,” he said.

Of course, they explain, “ahem – in some areas, the land may be rising, in others, it may be sinking, but by golly, we’re all gonna drown by 2001!”

As I’ve said here before, the only good thing to come out of the Chinee Flu Fraud is that it has exposed how politicized science has become, and how untrustworthy.