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.
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And how do you measure 1/4” sea level rise accurately?
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Call in experts.
Grant a few million to some surfers.
Is Al Gore under water yet?
I'll be in BIG trouble in about 43,000 years.
Don’t worry. There’s this thing called “The water cycle”. It’ll be just fine.
Sorry. Sorry! I eent swimming that day. I got back out though! All good!
Obligatory beginning for all articles proclaiming climate alarm: “It’s worse than we expected!”
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