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Fake News on Easter Island Sea Level Rise
[last update: 2018/04/25]
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The Scare
New York Times: “… many of the remains of that civilization may be erased, the United Nations warns, by the rising sea levels rapidly eroding Easter Island’s coasts.” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/14/climate/easter-island-erosion.html
CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/28/world/un-climate-easter-island/index.html
Daily Mail:
SFgate:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/media/Easter-Island-s-Statues-Are-At-Risk-Of-1216654.php
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The Data
NOAA provides the following sea level graph for Easter Island:
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=810-003
PSMSL provides the following sea level graph for Easter Island:
http://www.psmsl.org/data/obtaining/stations/1272.php
So the sea level rise over the last ~50 years has been 0.06 +/- 0.95 mm/yr. When the error estimate (+/-0.95) is so much greater than the trend (0.06), it means the trend is not statistically significant from zero. Zero sea level rise at Easter Island.
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The Conclusion
The mainstream media are providing fake news, incorrectly reporting that Easter Island is having issues due to rising sea level. They say “the U.N. says” … so it must be true, and they are just reporting it - no fact checking.
According to the Star Tribune, I must be a blockhead. The data show that the Easter Island sea level scare is a hoax.
http://www.startribune.com/sack-cartoon-sea-levels-and-easter-island/477686673/
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