Posted on 04/11/2023 6:53:41 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sea level rise has long been expected to be an ongoing and worsening problem for U.S. coasts, but scientists have found that some areas are experiencing "unprecedented" levels of rising seas, raising concerns about the fate of already vulnerable communities.
A new study published in Nature Communications on Monday found that since 2010, sea level rise along the nation's Southeast and Gulf coasts has ramped up dramatically, hitting rates that are "unprecedented in at least 120 years." Since 2010, scientists from Tulane University have found that sea levels in those regions have increased by about half an inch every year.
"These rapid rates are unprecedented over at least the 20th century and they have been three times higher than the global average over the same period," said Tulane professor Sönke Dangendorf, who led the study.
Numerous factors play a role in this sea level rise, scientists found, including those that are both natural and human-made. Study co-author Noah Hendricks said that they looked at those causes, including vertical land motion, ice-mass loss and air pressure, but that "none of them could sufficiently explain" the rampant rise.
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I’ll never be able to trust my four foot level again.
Probably measured 1/1000 of an inch. Watch all the homes float away.
>> We’ve lost the Florida Keys. Half of Miami is gone. Baton Rouge is underwater. It’s all in the news.
HOW could I have missed that??!? Do you have a link?
:-)
Couldn’t be that those areas are “sinking” could it?
Nah!
(Think: earthquakes)
My Bachelors degree was in Fluid Dynamics, screw the Nobel Prize, I WANT THE GRANT MONEY
Yeah; I learned that in 4th or 5th grade I think.
Yeah; I learned that in 4th or 5th grade I think.
sea levels in those regions
Because sea level isn’t actually ‘flat’. It rises and falls in a long-term way associated with where the ocean currents are pointing. This is in addition to relatively static clustering higher over dense spots in the earth’s crust and near islands and continents.
This data from JASON is also of interest:
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/documents/hdbk_j3_2022.pdf
Pages 16, 50 and 52 are most relevant.
Scientists who rely solely on government for their sustenance
Why, yes, I can explain why the sea level is higher in this region. You see, people in that area of the US are climate change non-believers. By publishing this fake news, they hope to scare them into being believers.
The saddest part is a lot of dimbulbs will actually fall for this utter twaddle.
Nonsense. You heard it hear first: Water seeks its own level. Sea level isn’t rising faster in one place than another, land is subsiding.
We better be careful or it might tip over. LMAO Src/
My guess is this finding will be nullified when scientist discover they took the previous measurements at low tide.
I saw this episode. Gilligan is moving the stake. (Spoiler alert)
And, just like that, water levels no longer work...
Land may be sinking, but the seas can’t selectively rise in some areas and not others...
I travel daily over the York River, which draws directly from the Cheseapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. There isn’t a damned bit of change to that level.
Well, gee... maybe they might want to do a bit of research on the topic.
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/volcanoes.html#:~:text=Submarine%20volcanic%20eruptions%20are%20characteristic,moving%20away%20from%20each%20other
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