Your daily climahysteria
The Ghadira road, part of which caved in last Monday, was built directly on a sand dune without much attention to the underlying geology, The Malta Independent on Sunday has learnt.
It may truly be lost if climate change is not taken seriously and geological studies are not carried out.
I often wonder if the phrase “climate change” is simply thrown into some stories for the hell of it
Lack of attention to surface and subsurface geology is widespread in Malta and explains why our roads are of such poor quality, said geologist Peter Gatt, when contacted. The part of Marfa Road opposite the beach was built directly on a sand dune.
Um huh. And what happens with roads built on sand near the water? Yes, they erode! Growing up at the Joisey Shore, you saw problems with the roads all the time, especially in areas that tended to flood during the high tides. You see it down on the Carolina coast, which I’m familiar with. You see it on the Outer Banks. Florida. South Carolina. And pretty much every place on the shore line. But, no, this can’t be because of natural erosion, as the Mayor of Mellieha believes, oh, no
“The beach erosion noted by the mayor is not related to the road but to climate change and its effect on sea-level rise,†geologist Peter Gatt said. “These statements reflect a lack of knowledge of geology,†he added.
Relocating the road would not be a wise decision, he noted. The sea level around Malta is rising at a rate of 5.6millimetres a year, which is double the average global sea-level rise and not much less than sea-level rise in Venice,†he explained. The retaining walls, over which the road was built, although not designed as seawalls, serve to reduce the transport of sand by wind.
Obviously, there couldn’t be other factors, such as the African plate moving towards the European plate, increased water flow into the Mediterranean, and other natural processes. Like Atlantic storms. Wait, what?
“In other words,†he clarified, “removing the present road in a scenario of sea-level rise and increased Atlantic storms will accelerate beach erosion.â€
Did I mention that Malta is in the Mediterranean, just south of Italy? These people really are just making it up as they go along.
Hey, I didn’t know you were from Jersey. Me too!
Pleased ta meet yas.
What exit?
I actually always loved that question, because 98 off the Parkway encompasses a huge chunk of space.
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142 :).
Ah. Sorta N. Jersey.
wasn’t this a Sunday School song “The rains came down and the floods came up…the rains came down and the floods came up…the rains came down and the floods came up and the road built on the sand went SPLAT”
Don’t need overpaid civil engineers to tell them that….
Always knew there was something screwy about you guys. Now we know.
So, they shouldn’t have built a road because of erosion, but now they can’t remove the road because of erosion.
Could it be too, that instead of the waters around just that island are rising, that the island itself is sinking?
Just a thought of reality before dashing off to wild theories.
Oh, come one, Lynn and captainfish, it can’t be anything but global warming, because, well, um, ah, well, it just is. So there.
And England had a really really cold summer, that certainly proves that the Earth isn’t getting hotter.
and if you don’t have kids, hey who cares what happens here after I am gone anyway
You said it, John, not me.
But, no, it doesn’t prove anything. Again, I don’t disagree with the Earth getting warmer at the moment, I disagree that it is mostly Mankind’s fault. It is mostly natures fault (if you can call it a fault).
I’m also skeptical of those who are saying we are going into 30 years or so of cooling temps. I’ll wait till I see it.
John, if you guys can say that Russia’s recent High Pressure heat wave was a global warming signal, then we can use record lows as our cues to non-warming.