Posted on 03/14/2025 7:05:17 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Last year saw an “unexpected” amount of sea level rise around the world, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday.
An analysis led by the agency found that the rate of rise was nearly a quarter of an inch per year, compared to an expected rate of 0.17 inches.
That’s a concerning statistic considering the hazards rising sea levels bring, including sending potentially deadly storm surge farther inland, threatening urban infrastructure, eroding coastlines and disrupting ecosystems, and resulting in more frequent high-tide flooding.
“The rise we saw in 2024 was higher than we expected,” Josh Willis, a sea level researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, said in a statement. “Every year is a little bit different, but what’s clear is that the ocean continues to rise, and the rate of rise is getting faster and faster.”
NASA said the increase was due to an “unusual” amount of ocean warming, as well as an influx of meltwater from glaciers and other land-based ice.
As the Earth warms due to heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, more than 90 percent of that heat is absorbed by oceans. That causes ocean temperatures to rise and the water expands. It’s a process known as “thermal expansion” that contributes to rising sea levels. The planet’s warming has caused roughly a third of the global sea level rise observed by satellite altimeters since 2004.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Sure, Jan.
” Isn’t there a place in the Mediterranean region perhaps, that has a watermark for ocean level.that is unchanged since the 19th century? I recall reading about it here.”
Some years ago I saw an article about a tidal gauge that was carved in rock in New Zealand in the 1840s. The mean tide level then was the same as it is now.
I jump3d in the pool, and the level in the pool rose 1/4 inch and I panicked- thankfully I had my triple n95 masks on and was quadrupal vaxxed! /s
but yet...
the obamas bought not 1 but 2
waterfront properties
obammy still has one under construction on beachfront property in Hawaii.
Total bullshitte. Take a look at the tide marks on old buildings, all across Europe. No changes.
As to such theoretical measurements, what is measurement error? I’m willing to bet at least an inch.
Maybe it did or maybe it did not. NOAA has a long history of "cooking the books" on global warming data.
I can’t believe they’re still using the “melting ice” “theory”.
I can’t believe people are still falling for it.
“Global sea level rose faster than expected last year alarming scientists”....and no one noticed it.
I would guess that temperature, wind, moon position, time of day, etc are factors that need to be normalized.
25 years owning an oceanfront condo and nothing has moved or changed other than the tides. I must be near an exempt “sea level” part of the Atlantic Ocean.
““Every year is a little bit different, but what’s clear is that the ocean continues to rise, and the rate of rise is getting faster and faster.””
Meanwhile.... Venice, Italy, which has been “”sinking”” for hundreds of years, is still NOT underwater and despite these alarming and horrifying reports... has not sunk yet. Venice, Italy apparently didn’t get the climate change memo.
Yeah, it would be a hassle. Probably easier to look at the lichen/barnacle/etc lines.
Yes, thank you! That was also what I half-remembered.
17 is not “nearly” 25.
.17 x 50 + 8.5. So if that rate kept up for the next 50 years, we’d be dealing with 8.5”.
I'm bad at math.
Job 38:11:
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.