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The Truth About Sea Levels by Alex Epstein March 22, 2016 Lately I’ve seen more “news” than usual about the dangerous sea level rises caused by rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere. Here are three seemingly scary stories from the New York Times: - "A massive boulder on a coastal ridge in North Eleuthera, the Bahamas. A new research paper claims it was most likely moved there by powerful storms during the last warm period of Earth history, 120,000 years ago, and warns that such stormy conditions could recur because of human emissions of greenhouse gases." The New York Times, Justin Gillis, March 22, 2016- "Sea levels are rising, and rising faster every year. According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, sea levels rose an average of 1.7 millimeters a year during the 20th century." The New York Times, Nicholas Bakalar, November 30, 2015 - "Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries." The New York Times, Justin Gillis, February 22, 2016 Thanks in large part to our use of hydrocarbon (fossil) fuels, which release carbon dioxide when combusted, CO2 now constitutes, by popular estimates, .01% more of the atmosphere than it did in 1850. Does that constitute a large and growing threat of rising sea levels? .. .. .. Truth 1: The impact on sea levels of human-influenced global warming pales in comparison to local factors and to the massive natural sea level rises of the past. .. page 1