But there are enough areas throughout the world that it is generally accepted that the seas have been rising at a constant rate for the past several hundred years. There is no widely accepted indications that there has been any increase in the rate over the past 100 years despite many breathless claims by political activists.
How does one explain an area like St. Augustine Florida the oldest coastal fortification by Europeans in the continental United States. It was built next to the Atlantic Ocean by the Spanish and completed around 1695. It doesn't look like it will be underwater any time soon.
