It is sad indeed that this subject has become so politicized, and so much time has been wasted. Calling someone a "denier" in this context is simply saying they deny science. They don't offer any alternatives, they just deny.  They have a right to be foolish sheep, and we have a right to try to educate them.

Some posters above have cited a slew of websites and blogs-no real science. If you remove those sites that are funded by Big Carbon, you are left with-zero. One poster even has the gall (or the ignorance) to point us to an article written by Matt Ridley-a man with interests in coral mines who has never published in climate science.

Reality check: from Church et al 2011 (real science) comes "there has been a statistically significant acceleration" in sea level rise. Rabbiting on about "Oh, it's only small, we can ignore it for now" is whistling by our grandchildren's graves.