New island appears off coast of Germany

[Still Waters]

A new island the size of 34 acres and providing sanctuary for hundreds of sea birds has emerged from the waters of the North Sea.

Despite its youthful age the sickle-shaped island lying 16 miles off the coast of the German state of Schleswig Holstein is already home to around 50 different plant species and proved popular with sea birds such as herring gulls and oyster catchers, eager to take advantage of its unspoilt and pristine environment.

http://www.telegraph...of-Germany.html

[Hasina]

Living nature is freaking amazing at how quickly it will adapt and move in on new territory.

[wolfknight]

Mother nature is truely amazing

[Wickian]

So it's essentially a growing sand dune?

[pallidin]

From the article, it's good to hear that grasses have been forming; helping to stabilize the new island from small storms.

The bad news is that the article states that a large storm could wipe it out all together.

[Babe Ruth]

I wonder if somehow this is connected to "Doggerland", covered in the December issue of Nat Geo?

[Mr.United_Nations]

Looks like its going to get bigger, you can see the sediment starting to reach outwards

[Abramelin]

A new island the size of 34 acres and providing sanctuary for hundreds of sea birds has emerged from the waters of the North Sea.

Despite its youthful age the sickle-shaped island lying 16 miles off the coast of the German state of Schleswig Holstein is already home to around 50 different plant species and proved popular with sea birds such as herring gulls and oyster catchers, eager to take advantage of its unspoilt and pristine environment.

http://www.telegraph...of-Germany.html

Goddamn, that is made of our sand !!

[Abramelin]

I wonder if somehow this is connected to "Doggerland", covered in the December issue of Nat Geo?

Not at all. It happens around here all of the time.

It's just a large sandbank: they come and they go.

[AsteroidX]

wow

[Teflon]

How come there is already a lighthouse on it?

[Lava_Lady]

Pretty cool, and a nicer way to form an island than volcanoes. Although volcanoes are pretty cool too.

[burt_ie]

How come there is already a lighthouse on it?

Thats just what I was thinking! lol

[Abramelin]

How come there is already a lighthouse on it?

Because they are showing the wrong island.

Look at the photo in this article:

http://www.wwf-jugen...er-nordsee;4899

And this German article explains that the only reason the island still exists is because we haven't had storm surges in the past 10 years. So it could be gone in a few months time, or not.

http://www.welt.de/w...-Millionen.html

++++

EDIT:

Hmmm.....

Now i think I'm wrong after all. Let me look for a bit more info.

EDIT:

It think it's a lighthouse on an older island nearby, but in the article it looks like one island because of low tide.

http://en.wikipedia...._Barrier_Island

Edited January 12, 2013 by Abramelin

[TheLastLazyGun]

The appearance of this island in the North Sea just confirms the stats revealed last year which show that sea levels fell between 2010 and 2011.

I wouldn't expect the Global Warmists to mention too much of it, though. They'll ignore it.

Where is the water going? It's being locked up in snow and ice, of course.

http://iceagenow.inf...orable-decline/

Edited January 29, 2013 by TheLastLazyGun

[Ashotep]

How can the water be getting locked up in snow and ice when there is less all the time and many islands disappearing because of rising sea levels.

11 Islands That Will Vanish When Sea Levels Rise

[Ashotep]

Sorry double post.

Edited January 29, 2013 by Hilander

[Queen in the North]

Maybe it is a common occurence, as some people have already mentioned, but I still think it's amazing! Hope it survives the storm heading for it.

[TheLastLazyGun]

How can the water be getting locked up in snow and ice when there is less all the time

There isn't.

and many islands disappearing because of rising sea levels.

Sea levels aren't rising. They are falling. Did you not look at the link I provided?

No. Like all Global Warmists you choose to ignore any statistics which show your religion is false.

NASA data has shown that sea levels have been falling since at least 2010.

This has caught the Global Warmists by surprise, just like Britain's Met Office - another bunch of Global Warming loonies - were surprised when their own data revealed last year that there is NO Global Warming.

Rather predictably, the Global Warmists are responding to the new data which shows that sea levels are falling by saying that it is "temporary" and that sea levels will start to rise again soon.

Yeah, we'll see.

Edited January 30, 2013 by TheLastLazyGun