Either nothing measurable has been observed, and they need a model to explain why; or nothing measurable will happen in the future, and they need a model to explain why.

Either way, one less reason to get their panics in a bunch.

Rising Sea Levels May Build, Rather Than Destroy, Coral Reef Islands

Northumbria University via Phys.org / November 13, 2018

Maldives: Climate Change Could Actually Help Coral Islands Rise Again – But They’re Still at Risk

Phys.org / November 14, 2018

Some Reef Islands Resilient to Climate Change: Study

Phys.org / July 16, 2019

Island ‘Drowning’ Is Not Inevitable as Sea Levels Rise

University of Plymouth via Phys.org / June 10, 2020

“More study needed” says scientist who doesn’t want to go study glaciers somewhere.

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Erosion of the Himalayas Governed by Tectonic Movements, Limiting Climate Change Impacts on Landscape Formation

Phys.org / June 10, 2020

— by a scientist who doesn’t want to be stuck in the Himalayas.

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Oh, and also from the Obama “Science Is Settled” department:

Titan Is Migrating Away From Saturn 100 Times Faster Than Previously Predicted

Phys.org / June 8, 2020

and:

Signatures of Fractional Electronic Charge Observed in Topological Insulators

Phys.org / June 10, 2020

The charge of a single electron, e, is defined as the basic unit of electric charge. Because electrons—the subatomic particles that carry electricity—are elementary particles and cannot be split, fractions of electronic charge are not normally encountered. Despite this, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have recently observed the signature of fractional charges ranging from e/4 to 2e/3 in exotic materials known as topological crystalline insulators. . . .

The simplest example of a material that can host fractional charges is a one-dimensional chain of atoms with a reflection symmetry down the middle. If the number of positive ions in the chain is equal to the number of electrons, everything looks charge neutral. However, if the numbers are not equal, say for example if one electron is missing, the missing negative charge is forced to split equally between the two symmetric sides of the chain, leaving a fractional e/2 charge on each side. “In the rotation symmetric materials that we are studying, fractional charges can exist in units of 1/3, 1/4, or even 1/6, depending on the underlying symmetry,” said Hughes.