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For more than half a century tide gauges have indicated that the Chesapeake Bay’s sea level has been rising twice as much as the global average and faster than anywhere else on the East Coast. Geologists have hypothesized that the land in this part of the country was once pushed up by a prehistoric ice sheet to the north and is now settling back down since the ice melted.
Now a new study by a group of geologists from the University of Vermont and the U.S. Geological Survey have confirmed that hypothesis through research using extensive drilling in the coastal plain of Maryland. The study concludes that, indeed, the land under the Chesapeake Bay is sinking quickly and the researchers project that Washington, D.C. could drop by six or more inches in the next century.
"This falling land will exacerbate the flooding that the nation's capital faces from rising ocean waters due to a warming climate and melting ice sheets," notes a press statement for the study, "accelerating the threat to the region's monuments, roads, wildlife refuges, and military installations."
The article contains no tips on how we can accelerate the subsidence.
The new research was conducted by a team of geologists from the University of Vermont, the U.S. Geological Survey, and other institutions. The results were presented online July 27 the journal GSA Today.
[Historical background data and information can be found at the U.S. National Geodetic Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey. - Ed.]
Original Submission
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @03:24AM
Like all scientific websites, you need to stop posting evidence that 30 years ago we came to a flawed conclusion that has starved trees from organic CO2 because - the weather may change and thats alarming.
By pointing out that the sea level rise claim by the UN-IPCC is flawed because if you look at individual signals, like the Maldives, you cant then sit back and worry about the ever increasing amount of ice on Antarctica and Greenland and then say thats going to get us?
I think you should filter your posts more because this kind of denier propoganda is kryptonite to the elegant idea of anthropogenic global warming. We cant go and educate the public on how to think ;)
(Score: 2, Insightful) by gznork26 on Thursday July 30 2015, @04:09AM
To help us out, then, please cite the sources about ever-increasing ice in Greenland and antarctica. Thanks.
Khipu were Turing complete.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Eunuchswear on Thursday July 30 2015, @03:49PM
What you meant to say:
Fool.
Watch this Heartland Institute video [youtube.com]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 30 2015, @06:54PM
Like all scientific websites, you need to stop posting evidence that 30 years ago we came to a flawed conclusion...
We came to a lot of flawed conclusions 30 years ago. Good thing science is a process that improves itself.