Author Archives: Jeremy

Are DEFRA Predicitions of Sea Level Rise Wrong?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Jeremy

In an earlier post, Are Sea Levels Rising – You Can Check Using Simple Arithmetic, I compared the observations of sea levels at Felixstowe with the DEFRA 2006 predictions. The trend at Felixstowe is falling, so here are the graphs … Continue reading →

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Who Was Maurice Griffiths

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Jeremy

I live in Kirby le Soken about half a mile from what is known locally as ‘The Backwaters’ and what is marked on the map as ‘The Twizzle’.     When I walk along the sea wall I usually stop … Continue reading →

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Prediction Using Fitted Functions Can Be Very Wrong

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Jeremy

I have made several posts about sea levels and salt marsh in Kirby le Soken. This post was prompted when I read a report about an earlier attempt to recreate salt marsh by breaching a sea wall at Tollesbury (google … Continue reading →

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Eric Schmidt and Labels

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jeremy

In his MacTaggart lecture Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google, criticised UK education and the tendency to split into two camps luvvies and boffins. This neatly follows on from my last post (jeremyshiers.com/blog/who-are-the-scientists) where I talked about human beings habit … Continue reading →

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Who Are The Scientists?

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Jeremy

We are regularly told in the news that Scientists have discovered this or that. Usually something that means we’ll suffer a terrible fate unless lots of money is spent RIGHT NOW. But who are the scientists? Whenever people mention “the … Continue reading →

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What Is Saltmarsh?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Jeremy

The Environment Agency want to flood part of Devereux Farm in Kirby le Soken as they say rising sea levels are causing ‘coastal squeeze’ which is killing saltmarsh. So what is saltmarsh? At low tide it looks like this And … Continue reading →

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Making Waves At Devereux Farm

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Jeremy

News of the campaign has been spreading out, largely due to the protest walk. Last week Richard Steward from the Blythe Estuary Group heard about us and rang TDC to ask for someone who he could contact. For whatever reason … Continue reading →

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Are Sea Levels Rising – You Can Check Using Simple Arithmetic

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Jeremy

It is commonly reported that sea levels are going to rise by over a meter in this century. DEFRA in the UK issued predictions in 2006 that sea levels will rise as Period Rate of Sea Level Rise mm/year Total … Continue reading →

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