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And looking at another island mentioned there,

An uncertain future for Seychelles? Study shows sea levels are at their highest in the past 6,000 years
Victoria, Seychelles | October 19, 2014, Sunday @ 10:48 in Environment » CLIMATE | By: Hajira Amla
http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/art ... +%2C+years
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Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 granitic and coralline islands in the western Indian Ocean, is very susceptible to land loss due to rising sea levels, particularly as around 85 percent of the development in the Seychelles occurs along its coastline.

Just a one metre sea level increase in Seychelles could submerge many of the Seychelles’ low-lying coralline islands and inhabited coastal areas on the inner granitic islands, resulting in up to a 70 percent loss of the country’s total land mass.

Scientists have been at odds over Seychelles’ prognosis for rising global sea levels since 2010, with one camp arguing that it should have a minimal effect on the islands and groups of other researchers categorically refuting those claims, saying that the Seychelles should be “really, really worried” about sea level rise.

One thing that is certain is the two natural sources of protection against rising sea levels; namely coral reefs and mangrove forests, are already in trouble. Both shield the islands against soil erosion and serve as breeding grounds and natural habitats for fish.

Dense coastal development on some of the shorelines of the Seychelles islands poses a very real risk to the natural mangrove forests. When sea levels rise, the mangroves will be unable to retreat further back to re-establish themselves inland because of existing buildings and roads.
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Now what might the desalination of the ocean effect? Con: the specific gravity of saltwater versus diluted saltwater.
…effect on magnetic field of the earth? (Supposedly the global conveyor current that runs in the Atlantic Ocean
Might be slowing down. Which affects climate change?)
…….. [Please excuse my random ,above offering.] …

Given your recent combination tornado sideswipe adventure and knee surgery I will excuse you - This Time - for using effect instead of affect in "Now what might the desalination of the ocean effect? ".
Honestly though, either effect or affect can be used there given effect's second meaning of to cause.
English is a sometimes rather strange mongrelized conglomeration of a language.

Anyway, the thing falls in to that category of stuff where I am aware it is a thing but always have to go look up specifics because they don't stick in my memory. Which may well be an effect of the various was the ME/CFS affects my mind.
And I'm in the mood today where looking up info about stuff I'm interested in is fun and fulfilling.


Ocean salinity: Climate change is also changing the water cycle
As the Earth is warming, the global water cycle amplifies. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science, ETH Zurich, the American National Center for Atmospheric Research, the University of St. Thomas and the Pennsylvania State University studying ocean salinity have found strong evidence of a substantial amplification of in the past 50 years.
09.09.2020 by Chinese Academy of Sciences / ETH Zurich
https://usys.ethz.ch/en/news-events/new ... cycle.html
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The meaning of salinity change

The study, published in Journal of Climate, overcomes many of the previous limitations, and derives an estimate of water cycle change based on a new salinity data product since 1960. From this, they provided strong evidence that the global water cycle has amplified substantially in the past 50 years, confirming theory and models. The study is led by Lijing Cheng from Institute of Atmospheric, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who collaborated with a group of international scientists from National Center for Atmospheric Research, U.S.; University of St. Thomas, U.S.; Pennsylvania State University, U.S, and ETH Zurich, namely Prof. Nicolas Gruber from the Department of Environmental Systems Science.

Changes in ocean salinity change can be used to estimate changes in Earth’s water cycle, because salinity variations very sensitively reflect the net exchange of freshwater between the ocean and the atmosphere. “Evaporation takes freshwater from the ocean into the atmosphere and increases the ocean salinity; precipitation puts freshwater into the ocean and reduces its salinity. Consequently, salinity changes integrate effects over broad areas and provide an excellent indicator for water cycle change.” Lijing Cheng introduced.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Science & Technology Review
December 2015
Clues to Climate Change in Ocean Salinity
https://str.llnl.gov/december-2015/durack
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An international team of researchers led by Livermore oceanographer Paul Durack is showing how changes in ocean salinity can provide a robust method to understand observed changes in the global water cycle. The team has shown that ocean salinity levels provide a sensitive gauge for monitoring how large-scale patterns of precipitation and evaporation—the most important climate variables—are changing as a result of Earth’s rising surface temperatures, which have increased by an average of more than 0.5 degree Celsius since 1950. The long-range consequences are likely to include more violent storms, more severe flooding, and more intense droughts, which are already at problematic levels in California and elsewhere.

In a far-reaching study, the scientists combined more than 2 million observations of ocean salinity with more than 370 simulations conducted with climate models running on supercomputers to mimic atmospheric and oceanic processes, including precipitation, evaporation, and the resultant changes to ocean salinity. The findings suggest that since 1950, ongoing climate change has caused the entire global water cycle to intensify­. Intensification is characterized by greater rainfall over some ocean areas, which is locally reducing salinity, and by increased evaporation in other parts of the sea, making those areas saltier. In short, oceanic salinity is changing approximately twice as much as had been predicted by the current generation of climate models.

Funded by the Regional and Global Climate Modeling Program in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Durack has been researching ocean salinity since 2011 together with scientists from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The project is one of several Livermore efforts devoted to understanding and predicting climate change by combining observational data with powerful climate-simulating models developed by researchers worldwide, including Livermore atmospheric scientists.
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North Atlantic Is Getting Less Salty, But It’s Too Soon to Blame Climate Change
Continued decline could impact fish stocks, ocean’s ability to absorb CO2
by Kim Martineau | March 13, 2018
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2018/ ... reshening/
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Salinity in the North Atlantic dropped dramatically over the last decade, according to a new study that used data from a floating network of sensors to get the most detailed picture yet of changing ocean conditions in the region.

But researchers say it’s too soon to say whether the decline is due to an influx of freshwater from melting ice on land or sea, or part of a natural, longer term cycle. A research team at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Johns Hopkins University published the results in the Journal of Climate’s April issue.
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Very cool response ! …And I enjoy sponging up facts ..thank for taking the time to Research that .

Have a feeling that there more facts to be revealed eventually about this desalination situation.

To be fair there's plenty of photos from reputable sources that show inundation has began. Ask the residents of any small low lying island in the Pacific and Indian ocean and they will tell you it's already happening.

Typical French. The group make a global statement about their cause and the coming global apocalypse but they refuse to have an English version of their site

That is a small low lying island in the Pacific ocean.

I don't know why some places are being inundated and others are not? But if NASA report global temperature rise then its hard to ignore


https://scitechdaily.com/dramatic-melti ... te-images/

The excess water from ice melt has to go somewhere

Those coastlines look exactly the same in both pictures.

Ice and snow has always melted. What does that spot look like right now? Go on Google Maps or Earth and take a look at its current condition.

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It's the glacial ice that's the problem

Your own government is saying sea levels are rising
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html

You were saying coastlines are the problem due to rising sea levels. Yet the images you posted shows no change to the coastline due to rising sea levels, even where the ice is melting.

As for ice, it comes and goes.
What does that spot look like right now? Go on Google Maps or Earth and take a look at its current condition.

Edit: From the article, "About 20 percent of seasonal snow accumulation in the region melted in this one event on Eagle Island".

Oh noes seasonal snow accumulation is melting!

The photos are from NASA. I would expect they know what they are talking about. The data is fairly indisputable
https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know why birth rates are falling.

We have climate refugees from the Marshall Islands.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2019- ... allese?amp

And yet it's heavily disputed.