Island Whopper

Islands are doomed, or something:

Visiting the Polynesian island country of Samoa, Guterres said “rising sea levels pose an enormous threat to Samoa, to the Pacific and to other small island developing states, and these challenges demand resolute international action.” “You are on the front lines of the climate crisis, dealing with extreme weather events from raging tropical cyclones to record ocean heatwaves,” the veteran Portuguese socialist stated. “Sea levels are rising even faster than the global average, posing an existential threat to millions of Pacific Islanders,” he added.

There's just one problem:

In a June 26 article titled “The Vanishing Islands that Failed to Vanish,” the NYT climate reporter, Raymond Zhong, wrote that as “the planet warms and the oceans rise, atoll nations like the Maldives, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu have seemed doomed to vanish, like the mythical Atlantis, into watery oblivion.” Zhong wrote:

Of late, though, scientists have begun telling a surprising new story about these islands. By comparing mid-20th century aerial photos with recent satellite images, they’ve been able to see how the islands have evolved over time. What they found is startling: Even though sea levels have risen, many islands haven’t shrunk. Most, in fact, have been stable. Some have even grown.

Undeterred by these data, on Thursday Guterres urged wealthier nations to pony up to pay climate reparations for the consequences of climate change in developing countries.

Another green scammer demands payment...