Category Archives: Sea Level

Sea Levels Still Rising And Envisat Records Altered To Show This

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Jeremy

James Sexton recently pointed out on his blog and in a comment to this post at WattsUpWithThat that the data for Envisat had been altered substantially in the last few days. You can download sea level data for Envisat Poseidon/Topex … Continue reading →

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Comparision Of UK Sea Level Rise Posted Here On 11 Jan 2012 With Those From Prof Woodworth MBE

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Jeremy

Bill Donovan of EA has sent me a paper by Prof Philip Woodworth and others which discusses “Trends in UK Mean Sea Level Revisited” and is dated 4 August 2008. Philip Woodworth received his MBE in recognition of his work … Continue reading →

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Graphs And Rates Of Sea Level Rise Around UK

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Jeremy

Previous posts have featured graphs of sea level rise and quoted rates of sea level rise for East Anglia. Here I have produced graphs and a table of rates of sea level rise for all stations around UK for which … Continue reading →

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YouTube – Crabs And Ragworm Eroding Salt Marsh In East Anglia

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Jeremy

Here is a YouTube video featuring Dr Rob Hughes  – salt marsh ecologist from  Queen Mary, University of London Richard Steward Robert Simper showing how salt marsh is being eroded by crabs and/or ragworm. Pictures in an earlier post clearly … Continue reading →

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A Very Bad Way To Calculate Sea Level Rise

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jeremy

I have been intrigued by these graphs of sea level rise which the UK Environment Agency (EA) used to display on this page of their website, although the page was removed some time around 13 October 2011. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/cy/ymchwil/llyfrgell/data/34449.aspx It was … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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