Freetoken: ... of the text, way down, to find that 42% of the islands are decreasing, while 39% are going the other way. That's alarming, and the headline should be alarming. Instead, the headline is milquetoast. It's trying to be a feel-good story about an existential crisis for many.

Another stunningly good @nytimes.com climate story from @zhonggg.bsky.social and colleagues. The mystery of the Maldives: The islands should be disappearing. Some aren't. A science mystery, beautifully explored. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanishwww.nytimes.com Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown.

You and I have a different take on that NYT story.

How do you see it? Zhong is one of the sharpest climate writers out there, and this is fascinating research —boots on the ground.

There's more than one way to look at that link you shared. I see an establishment media which likes to think of itself in high terms, having a long article with pictures that look like it really is a travel piece, to sell tourism. The headline is also misleading. One has to dig down into the body/

... of the text, way down, to find that 42% of the islands are decreasing, while 39% are going the other way. That's alarming, and the headline should be alarming. Instead, the headline is milquetoast. It's trying to be a feel-good story about an existential crisis for many.

That should be 39% stable, the balance growing.

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