Sea Level
Go to Climate Change Overview Understanding Global Warming Sea level in Denmark Figure 1 . Sea level Fynshav, Denmark. Source: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) - hyperlink . The tectonic plate under Scandinavia and us tilt over a line that goes close to Fynshav. The vertical changes are therefore negligible – see SONEL data fig. 2. June 26, 1997 Bill Clinton spoke at the United Nations Special Session on Environment and Development and said ”Island chains such as the Maldives will disappear from the map, unless we reverse the predictions” - video . The predictions were not reversed, and the Maldives did not disappear. Why, is explained by prof. Nils-Axel Mörner in an open letter to the president of the Maldives – letter . Coastal erosion is often confused with rising w...