{"id":297522,"date":"2024-01-20T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T12:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=297522"},"modified":"2024-01-20T13:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T12:29:31","slug":"what-is-landification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=297522","title":{"rendered":"What is Landification?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen \u2014 17 January 2024\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t you love it when new words are introduced into the language?  I do, especially when the inventor of a new word is Google Translate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This issue is raised by tangentially by Dr. Judith Hubbard\u00a0 [ @JudithGeology ] in a Xweet (pronounced \u2018sweet\u2019?)\u00a0here<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The word "landification" doesn't exist in English, but appears on this Google-translated webpage (from Japanese).

What does it mean? The creation of new land due to uplift of the coast. I am happy to expand my vocabulary.https:\/\/t.co\/cpDD0LZKcP<\/a>#japanearthquake2024<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/wxwp8V0hoE<\/a><\/p>— Dr. Judith Hubbard (@JudithGeology) January 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>