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In less than 25 years, the global sea level has gone up an average of three inches (eighty millimeters), and is rising faster than it was 50 years ago, according to a group of NASA scientists. Yesterday, NASA's Sea Level Change Team shared some of their findings, which includes data on sea levels measured from space using satellites.
Sea level rise isn't evenly distributed around the world. In some areas, the sea has risen as much as 9 inches (23 centimeters), while in other places the sea level has dropped. For example, on the West Coast of the United States sea levels have actually been lower over the past 20 years, due to temporary ocean cycles. But when these cycles end, the impact of climate change is expected to be seen.
NASA predicts that oceans will continue to rise at a considerable rate, about 0.1 inch (3.21 millimeters) per year on average. In 2013, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted sea level rise would be between one and four feet (0.3 to 1.2 meters) by the year 2100. NASA's data suggest the higher end of the range.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has an interactive map to show how sea level rise will affect different regions around the world.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Justin Case on Saturday August 29 2015, @05:48AM
I thought science was not about value judgments, like "worse". This loaded headline assumes that all change is bad, and of course, the implication is that Congress (which only controls the US) must tax us all to death to stop Earth (bigger than US) from any further change.
Only guess what. Earth has been changing for a few billion years now. Southern California used to have glaciers. Then came climate change, and it was good.
Meanwhile the tectonic plates keep moving. And did you know the Hawaii Volcano National Park is expanding, entirely without Congressional Authority?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday August 29 2015, @06:02AM
Justin, I have read your Case, and it is a Worst Case. Do you not realize that geologic change is no big deal, because it takes place on Geologic time frames? OK, we are in agreement, right? So what if geologic time was compressed by a factor of ten? You know math, right? What would that mean, for the survival of species, adaptation, and all that? Do you have a clue?
Alright, when I read such totally ignorant bullshit as this, I try to assume that the person writing it is just a total ignoramus. But more and more it occurs to me that no one could be intentionally this stupid. I mean, all you have to do is read the relevant scientific papers. So if you fail to do that, either you are the aforementioned ignoramous, or you are a shill for the petrochemical industry, which seems to more and more be the case. Do you have Exxon up yours? I question either your intelligence, or your integrity. The choice is up to you.