Call in this guy...
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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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.
what a perfect metaphor for the sinking, steaming morass that the central government has become.
Call in this guy...
what are they sinking about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOTpIVxji8
Best news I have heard all day.
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.
Not fast enough...
Well, OK, I was hoping for a nice meteor, but this is OK. Too slow, but better than nothing.
Gotta give 'em credit. In the face of overwhelming facts they stick to their story.
Sorta' like "hands up, don't shoot".
Drill baby drill. The more ground water you pump the faster the sink.
barky will see to it.
They will now have make a major taxpayer expenditure to build a dike around it. Whoops, it may already be full of dikes.
I am really trying to be concerned but every time try the word “woohoo!” comes out of my mouth.
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.
Crabs and oysters.
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! Climate change!!!!
Halleleujah!
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.
It’s built on swampland.
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