Since April the sea around Scotland has risen by an average of 43 centimeters, reports the Sunday Herald, a rate of rise that far exceeds even the worst-case projections of climate scientists. Caught by surprise, the government is preparing emergency evacuation plans for residents of coastal areas and other low-lying areas threatened by the encroaching seas. They urge the public to stay calm but to be ready to move on short notice should the situation deteriorate further.
The Sunday Herald, of course, never published any such report, although one suspects it would have liked to, and certainly the government never prepared any evacuation plans. But the fact remains that in the eight months between April and December 2015 the seas around Scotland rose by an average of 43 centimeters – exceeding the 20-40 centimeter rise predicted for Edinburgh over the next 73 years in the Sunday Herald article that was the subject of Euan Mearns’ recent terrifying risk post.
And no one noticed.
Why did no one notice?
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