Solomon Islands: Rising sea levels blamed for the disappearance of five reef islands

[oioioi]

At least five reef islands in the remote Solomon Islands have been lost completely to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and a further six islands have been severely eroded.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-07/rising-sea-levels-blamed-for-wiping-out-five-islands/7392986

[OnlinePoker]

1. Odd that PSMSL data shows virtually no sea level rise in the Solomons in 20 years

7 millimeters in mean annual rise from 1995 to 2015 at the only station in the Islands (Honiara-B).

http://www.psmsl.org/data/obtaining/rlr.annual.data/1861.rlrdata

On edit, here's that PSMSL map page that you can go to the Islands and click on the plot for Honiara-B and see there doesn't appear to be any trend (some years up, some down).

http://www.psmsl.org/data/obtaining/map.html

[oioioi]

3. Well, this is what it says at the OP...

"For the past 20 years, the Solomon Islands have been a hotspot for sea level rise.

Its seas have risen at almost three-times the global average — about 7-10 millimetres per year since 1993. This higher local rate is partly the result of natural climate variability."

[OnlinePoker]

4. Perhaps I wasn't clear.

It's 7 millimeters of total rise since 1995, about a quarter inch, basically a third of a millimeter per year.

[oioioi]

5. Okay... but the news article at the ABC's website says otherwise

I've no idea what it is, in actuality, but the news story says 7mm mean rise per year as quoted above. ABC news is usually reliable. I'm not a scientist it's an interesting article, I thought and the photo is apparently of the area in question, which was vegetated for at least 300 years.

[Dustlawyer]

2. K&R!!! More people need to see this!