{"id":2294737,"date":"2024-07-14T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-report-literally-undermines-massive-global-warming-claims\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T15:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T19:09:17","slug":"nyt-report-literally-undermines-massive-global-warming-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-report-literally-undermines-massive-global-warming-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Report Literally Undermines Massive Global Warming Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-report-literally-undermines-massive-global-warming-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294737&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary is about a new report\u2062 that challenges \u2063previous assumptions\u200b about the effects of climate change on small\u2063 islands. Specifically, the prediction that small islands would disappear as ocean levels rose seems \u2063to be incorrect, as atolls in\u200d the Maldives have not only survived but some have even grown. Researchers attribute this \u2063unexpected outcome to factors like sediment replacement due to\u200d larger currents and coral reef survival. \u2062The article\u2062 ends on a positive note, \u200bsuggesting that if\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-recognizes-cook-islands-niue-amid-pacific-islands-summit\/\" title=\"US acknowledges Cook Islands, Niue at Pacific Islands Summit.\">climate change adaptation<\/a> \u200dcan be achieved for \u200catolls, it can be done \u200danywhere. The report highlights \u2063the importance \u2062of the 2024 election in the United States, emphasizing the potential consequences of losing it to the wealthy elites.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/%20\"><span>Michael Austin<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 14, 2024 at 11:15am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A new report seems to fly in the face of many assumptions the scientific community once had about the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, the prediction that small islands would shrink and disappear over time as ocean levels rose appears to be dead wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/27\/briefing\/maldives-atolls-climate-change.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> covered the surprising survival of atolls, small islands usually formed of coral, in a June 27 report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viewer-beware-blockbuster-sequel-really-just-trojan-horse-climate-change-alarmists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate<\/a> reporter Raymond Zhong spent time with researchers in the Maldives \u2014 which is made up of atolls \u2014 trying to figure out why disaster hadn\u2019t set in as predicted.<\/p>\n<p>It was first discovered that global warming might not destroy atolls in a 2018 study published in <a href=\"https:\/\/wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/wcc.557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past decades, atoll islands exhibited no widespread sign of physical destabilization in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-says-fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-each-year-than-the-holocaust-heres-the-truth\/\" title=\"CNN Says Fossil Fuels Kill More People Each Year Than The Holocaust. Here\u2019s The Truth\">sea-level rise<\/a>,\u201d that study said. \u201cA reanalysis of available data, which cover 30 Pacific and Indian Ocean atolls including 709 islands, reveals that no atoll lost land area and that 88.6% of islands were either stable or increased in area, while only 11.4% contracted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was not the expected result.<\/p>\n<p>Climate scientists believed rising sea levels created by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/left-wrong-thanks-global-warming-actually-trees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">global warming<\/a>-generated melting of ice sheets would drastically reduce the size of small islands.<\/p>\n<p>But that didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Even if melting ice sheets result in higher water levels, the coral reefs will survive, scientists told Zhong.<\/p>\n<p>The survival of the islands was credited to a few different factors previously unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>For one, scientists knew rising water levels would bring larger currents that would erode island shorelines.<\/p>\n<p>However, what they didn\u2019t account for was the fact that these levels would bring with them more sediment to replace that which was eroded.<\/p>\n<p>One researcher was confident that there would still be atolls in the Maldives 100 years from now.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/code-red-for-humanity-joe-biden-addresses-the-united-nations-calls-for-relentless-diplomacy\/\" title=\"\u2018Code Red For Humanity\u2019: Joe Biden Addresses The United Nations, Calls For \u2018Relentless Diplomacy\u2019\">rising seas<\/a>. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown. Our climate reporter explains how islands in the Maldives are changing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fHm29wI1io\">https:\/\/t.co\/fHm29wI1io<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D0fQSSES1y\">pic.twitter.com\/D0fQSSES1y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1806824933290365108?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Times article ended on an incredibly promising note for the many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-buttigieg-says-found-source-rash-troubled-flights-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change<\/a> pessimists out there.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Barnett, a geographer at the University of Melbourne, said the survival and adaption of the Maldives showed that climate change might not, in fact, be an existential threat to any nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can solve climate-change adaptation for atolls \u2014 \u2018solve\u2019 is the wrong word \u2014 then we can do it anywhere,\u201d Barnett said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. 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It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report challenges previous assumptions about the effects of climate change on small islands, particularly the belief that they would shrink and disappear as sea levels rose. Research in the Maldives has shown that atolls, small islands made of coral, have not decreased in size as predicted. Scientists now believe that rising sea levels may actually bring more sediment to replace eroded shorelines, allowing the islands to survive and even grow. This unexpected resilience has led some experts to believe that climate change may not be as dire a threat as once thought. The New York Times article on this topic ended on a hopeful note, suggesting that if solutions can be found for atolls, then climate change adaptation may be possible for other regions as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2093,"featured_media":2294738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/atoll.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4856,35022,15823,3819,5355],"class_list":["post-2294737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-claims","tag-global-warming","tag-nyt","tag-report","tag-undermines"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/atoll.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}