Posted on 07/28/2015 8:57:40 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
New research confirms that the land under the Chesapeake Bay is sinking rapidly and projects that Washington, D.C., could drop by six or more inches in the next century—adding to the problems of sea-level rise.
This falling land will exacerbate the flooding that the nation’s capital faces from rising ocean waters due to a warming climate and melting ice sheets—accelerating the threat to the region’s monuments, roads, wildlife refuges, and military installations.
For sixty years, tide gauges have shown that sea level in the Chesapeake is rising at twice the global average rate and faster than elsewhere on the East Coast. And geologists have hypothesized for several decades that land in this area, pushed up by the weight of a pre-historic ice sheet to the north, has been settling back down since the ice melted.
The new study—based on extensive drilling in the coastal plain of Maryland—confirms this hypothesis, and provides a firm estimate of how quickly this drop is happening. Additionally, the researchers’ detailed field data make clear that the land sinking around Washington is not primarily driven by human influence, such as groundwater withdrawals, but instead is a long-term geological process that will continue unabated for tens of thousands of years, independent from human land use or climate change.
The new research was conducted by a team of geologists from the University of Vermont, the U.S. Geological Survey, and other institutions. The results were presented online July 27 in the journal GSA Today.
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What can we do to speed up the process?
“What can we do to speed up the process?”
Fart. Buy large automobiles. Be a leadfoot. Burn trash. Breath profusely. Anything you wish.
Climate change is finally good for something!
Fantastic.
(((YAWN)))
Be still my heart.
Hey, the place is built on a swamp. Enough BS stacked on top of the ground will force dewatering in underlying sediments and compaction. Duh.
Cook a ribeye steak on a charcoal grill.
Actual Title of the story is:
“Washington, D.C., Sinking Fast, Adding to Threat of Sea-Level Rise”
Was linked to this site from USA Today.
Save the Republic! Drown a Democrat! Drown a lobbyist!
Who cares if its sinking?
The mad mullahs in Teheran will probably nuke it long before it sinks by six inches.
NOT FAST ENOUGH
Maybe if we get 10 million angry conservatives in the city wearing lifevests, it’ll sink by the end of the day.
I would like to get the monuments. archives, and the Smithsonian out first, other than that the rest can be swallowed up by the Chesapeake Bay.
I hope some are eaten by Sharks, Alligators, or whatever else the Bay can offer up.
It’s been sinking into the sewer for years.
Put out more crab pots!!!
Hmmm.... Sinking into the ocean is not “sea level rise”.
put the Marines , Navy ,and Hank Johnson there to speed the process.
just so long as the Marines and Navy don’t have to help save drowning congresscritters.
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