For Saltmarsh Sparrows, that last eight inches was allegedly a doozy

The state of Greenwich birds on Earth Day 2009 - Greenwich Citizen - News

The continued rise in sea levels brought about by global warming was causing havoc with the Saltmarsh Sparrow. "They reside in a very particular habitat that is affected by rising seas levels," he said. These Sparrows were found, he said, only in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine, with Connecticut hosting the greatest number of nesters.

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Sea level has been rising since the end of the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago. It is 400 feet higher now than it was then. The rate of increase has averaged 4 feet per century. Yet in the 20th century, when we are told that "global warming" began to have a major impact on global temperature and hence on sea level, sea level rose by just 8 inches.

That is just one-sixth of the mean centennial rate over the past 10,000 years. Why so little? Because almost all of the world's ice - including the vast sheets that once covered much of what is now the United States - melted away long ago.