“Bengal Island succumbs to global warming nonsense – AP gets nutty over the loss of a sandbar“. A newspaper suggests that a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal has sunk below sea-level due to “global warming”. This sets Anthony Watts and Steven Goddard off on a rant that sea-level change can be due to sea-level rise or surface subsidence.
This is true! There are a number of local factors that affect “sea-level” in either direction. Sediment compaction. Erosion. Sediment deposition. Changes in ocean circulation patterns. Storm activity. Glacial rebound. Earthquakes. Plate tectonics. What does this have to do with global sea-level changes? Nothing.
Next up is the discovery of an ancient city 36 metres below sea-level off India’s western coast. Anthony says “How many Hummers were they driving 9,000 years ago? Chalk up another clueless AGW claim.” I guess Anthony and Steven haven’t heard of earthquakes.
It’s the denialists who are trying to build the straw-man argument that global warming is the only recognized source of sea-level change. Real scientists know better.
Wott's Up With That? 
Before posting nonsense like this, you might want to check your facts. Sea level has risen 40 meters in the last 9,000 years.
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/File:Post-Glacial_Sea_Level_png
[Good point! I knew that, but lost track of it while trying to catchup with Anthony’s heroic output… The key factor about the graph that you link to is that the natural sea-level rise basically ended about 7,000 years ago and we should be approaching a drop. Instead, it’s begun to rise again. Why? – Ben]
You write like a thoughtless zealot. [Striking a nerve, am I? – Ben]
Once again, you need to check your facts. Sea level rise has been steady for 100 years.
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/images/thumb/0/0f/Recent_Sea_Level_Rise.png/700px-Recent_Sea_Level_Rise.png [Thanks for making my point for me. Rising when it should be falling. – Ben]
Bad science always irritates my nerves. [And your reaction to WUWT is? – Ben]
James Annan had a post about this – basically, it’s sandbars being sandbars.