Sea levels began to rise 18k years ago at the end of the last glacial period. They have risen about 135 meters since then which is an average of 7.5 millimeters per year. That is an average of 750 mm per century (29.5 inches) which is far more than the average over the last century.
From 1880 to 2000 sea level rose about 20 cm or just under 8 inches. Far far less than the nearly 30 inches per century average over the last 18,000 years.
Well I’m bummed out.
I was looking forward to riding at night wearing as little as possible and the idea of ocean front Appalachian property was pretty cool.
Dammit.
:-\
Hmmm. Makes me wonder what the ancients thought when their land bridge from Russia to North America went under water. Too bad they didn’t have an algore of their own. Maybe we could fire up the “Wayback Machine”. :>)
Those are some great graphs. Thanks for posting them.