Holding back the sea - The Washington Post
sea levels appear to be on track to rise by several feet over the next century, with every inch putting more Americans at risk. Sea-level researchers Robert Kopp and Benjamin Strauss estimate that a five-foot rise would produce Sandy-like floods in New York every 15 years, on average.
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Well, the rate of change in sea level rise is dropping, so I'd say we're safe to say that 100 years worth of rise would be at or less than 5 times that which has occured over the last 20 years.
Recently quantified at 11mm per 20 years. Extrapolated (quite safely) over 100 years - let's say 55mm.
Hmmm - that looks more like 2.5" rather than 5 feet. And, realistically, less than that as the rate of rise is dropping off.
Once again, much ado about nothing. Unfortunately, John Q. Public is easily taken in by such scams.
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