Well I've got news for you, for years we've been giving them acres, we've given them so much leeway and second chances that
land measurements no longer adequately describe the amount of piss they've taken right into our eager, gargling mouths.
Land measurements are considered much more robust.
My personal feeling is that we can't really even say if the ocean levels are changing at all without knowing how much, and in which direction,
the land the measurements are taken from have moved.
The SST bias is well known and the data is patchy,
the land measurements are possibly biased as well.
The land measurements stayed the same, but in the ocean the temperatures increased dramatically from past measurements.
Those who have proposed $ 100 million to improve
the land measurement system should not be surprised either.
Maintain database of
all land measurements and other geographic data obtained during survey activities