Nothing to do with silliness like climate change, of course. The answer is simple! It’s because of erosion.
A Republican lawmaker on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said Thursday that rocks from the White Cliffs of Dover and the California coastline, as well as silt from rivers tumbling into the ocean, are contributing to high sea levels globally.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) made the comment during a hearing on technology and the changing climate, which largely turned into a Q&A on the basics of climate research. […] “Every time you have that soil or rock or whatever it is that is deposited into the seas, that forces the sea levels to rise, because now you have less space in those oceans, because the bottom is moving up,” Brooks said at the hearing.
And, yes, this shining star of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee (egads) was just one of the Republicans floating their own counter-theories to climate change and the effects being seen due to it.
Nero fiddled …
[h/t +James Hill]
GOP lawmaker says rocks falling into ocean to blame for rising sea levels
A Republican lawmaker on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said Thursday that rocks from the White Cliffs of Dover and the California coastline, as well as silt from rivers tumbling into the ocean, are contribu
Idiots. Wait. Was he educated in Alabama?
My guess would be Texas.
+James Karaganis I want someone to publish his HS and College transcripts.
I doubt he graduated high school.
Ignorant twit. How do people like this fruitcake end up on science committees?
I doubt he passed a seventh grade science class.
+James Karaganis No competency tests.
+James Karaganis Because they ask for it so as to show up the scientists with the Answers from the One True Religion (Trumpism).
I mean, honestly, I see these yahoos joining this committee as an act of defiance.