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Old 09-06-2018, 03:07 PM   #2763 (permalink)
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I visited the beachcombers museum on the island of Texel.
The newest additions to it are fossil mammoth molars and the like.
Fossil mammoth molars are heavy as bricks. They don't wash ashore. So, how do they end up on the beach?

The rising seas erode our sandy beaches and threaten to undercut the dunes. So, sand ships go out into the North Sea, well away from land, scoop up sandy ice age deposits from the sea bottom and spray it out, many thousands of tonnes per island per year, over the beaches to keep up with sea rise.
While the biggest objects get 'filtered' out, anything brick-sized just passes through the pumps for the beachcombers to harvest.
We used to have natural and unaided buildup. Now we need training moles to ward off erosion and sand suppletion to keep up with the rise.

This summer broke almost all local records regarding heat, number of hot days, highest minimal daytime temp ever (up from 20.8 C to 23.4 C !) and drought. We've had a few weeks of heavy rain and thunderstorms, but still shipping is restricted in many places because the water level is too low for ships to pass or locks to function. Only the top soil is wet, it has a deep dry zone underneath.

It is just weather, not climate change ... why do we break weather records almost every year, and almost all of them this year?
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