Lead author of the study and an expert
in sea level science, Professor Chris Hughes, said: «What we found was a pair of eddies spinning in opposite directions and linked to each other so that they travel together all the way across the Tasman Sea, taking six months to do it.
After claiming victory in that battle, the group brought in «Science Advisor» John Droz, Jr., affiliated with a right - wing Raleigh think tank called «American Tradition Institute,» to challenge the state's
sea level science panel.
For years, different approaches to projecting future sea level rise have arrived at different results, but the gap has recently been closing, which Mengel described as «a really good sign
for sea level science» — even if it's ominous news for humanity.