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UVM study: Washington DC Sinking Into Sea
University of Vermont ^ | July 28, 2015 20:42 GMT | Joshua E. Brown

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at uvm.edu ...


TOPICS: Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: beltway; chesapeake; climatechange; climatechangescam; climatedeniers; dc; districtofcolumbia; forebulgecollapse; globalwarming; globalwarmingscam; sinking; university; usgs; uvm; vermont; washington; washingtondc
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To: Up Yours Marxists

GOD ALMIGHTY set the boundaries of the oceans. Washington D.C. isn’t going to float away.

Psalm 74:17
It was You who set all the boundaries of the earth.


21 posted on 07/28/2015 9:08:25 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

what a perfect metaphor for the sinking, steaming morass that the central government has become.


22 posted on 07/28/2015 9:10:23 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: dfwgator
What can we do to speed up the process?

Call in this guy...


23 posted on 07/28/2015 9:10:53 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Up Yours Marxists

what are they sinking about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOTpIVxji8


24 posted on 07/28/2015 9:11:53 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Best news I have heard all day.


25 posted on 07/28/2015 9:15:30 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Up Yours Marxists
... 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

Did these Vermont researchers misplace the rule book or something? These types of things must ALWAYS be blamed on humans with or without evidence. I recommend a couple years of immersion at Bennington to straighten them out.

26 posted on 07/28/2015 9:15:54 PM PDT by SFConservative
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Not fast enough...


27 posted on 07/28/2015 9:16:32 PM PDT by G Larry (Obama is replicating the instruments of the fall of Rome)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Well, OK, I was hoping for a nice meteor, but this is OK. Too slow, but better than nothing.


28 posted on 07/28/2015 9:23:00 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Up Yours Marxists
"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."

Gotta give 'em credit. In the face of overwhelming facts they stick to their story.

Sorta' like "hands up, don't shoot".

29 posted on 07/28/2015 9:33:56 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: dfwgator

Drill baby drill. The more ground water you pump the faster the sink.


30 posted on 07/28/2015 9:38:17 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

barky will see to it.


31 posted on 07/28/2015 9:38:36 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Up Yours Marxists

They will now have make a major taxpayer expenditure to build a dike around it. Whoops, it may already be full of dikes.


32 posted on 07/28/2015 9:40:58 PM PDT by Huskerfan44 (Huskerfan44 (22 Yr, Navy Vet))
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To: Up Yours Marxists

I am really trying to be concerned but every time try the word “woohoo!” comes out of my mouth.


33 posted on 07/28/2015 9:41:26 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: buffaloguy

This truly has been a great week news-wise. The fact that this rotting cesspool is sinking into the swamp is just a shot of cognac on top of the cherry on top of the icing.


34 posted on 07/28/2015 9:44:03 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
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To: rikkir

Crabs and oysters.


35 posted on 07/28/2015 9:45:34 PM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)
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To: Up Yours Marxists
Parts of DC were built on swampy ground. Parts of DC were built on man-made ground. What would you expect? As for ...adding to the problems of sea-level rise...there is no such thing as sea level rise. Anywhere.
36 posted on 07/28/2015 9:46:48 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Powered by RAGE)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! Climate change!!!!


37 posted on 07/28/2015 9:52:43 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Halleleujah!


38 posted on 07/28/2015 9:54:12 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (up)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Jeez what a buzz kill!! I saw the whole thing, blowhards, politicians and all, sliding into the ocean maybe tomorrow. And then it says six frickin inches over decades?? Only one way to speed this up - send Chris Christie to DC.


39 posted on 07/28/2015 9:58:44 PM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

It’s built on swampland.


40 posted on 07/28/2015 9:58:52 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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