Sinking Solomon Islands and climate link 'exaggerated', admits study's author

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<p>‘A ew st y p blishe i E viro me tal Research Letters shows that some low-lyi g reef isla s i the Solomo Isla s are bei g gobble p by “extreme eve ts, seawalls a i appropriate evelopme t, rather tha sea level rise alo e.” Despite hea li es claimi g that ma -ma e climate cha ge has ca se five Isla s (o t of early a tho sa ) to isappear from risi g sea levels, a closer i spectio of the st y reveals the tr e ca se is at ral, a the report’s lea a thor says ma y of the hea li es have bee ‘exaggerate ’ to ill-effect.</p>
<p>Dr. Simo Albert, the report’s co-a thor tol the G ar ia to ay that mero s me ia o tlets, like the Washi gto Post a NY Times a Thi k Progress, have misi terprete their work by tryi g to li k sea level rise with climate cha ge. Accor i g to Albert, the researchers i ot st y climate cha ge a how it i fl e ces shoreli e erosio a s bmersio of certai low-lyi g isla s.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.climatecha ge ispatch.com/si ki g-solomo -isla s-a -climate-li k-exaggerate -st y-a thor-says.html" target="_bla k">Rea more: Si ki g Solomo Isla s a climate li k ‘exaggerate ’, a mits st y’s a thor</a></p>