20th Century Sea Levels

Rising sea level can be caused by a variety of factors and can have an effect or influence even more. Future changes in sea level may impact human populations around the world and many other aspects of life on Earth more than many initially thought. The U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico is on track to be one of the most impacted by further sea level rise and the outcome could be detrimental to the entire coastline.

Around 10,000 years ago the San Francisco Bay was once not a bay. The glaciers from the ice age melted into water and then the water flowed into “canyons” to form into the San Francisco Bay. However the flowing of the bay may not have stopped. The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission predicts that the sea level will increase so much the sea will take over and flood populated areas and landmarks like the San Francisco and the Oakland International Airports. We could recover from natural disasters like earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes, but not sea level rising. The New York Daily News say that it would take only 12 feet for the ocean to rise and take over several landmarks and populated areas in the San Francisco Bay Area and another landmark could be San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park.

Since 1880, records show that the sea level has bone up 8 inches. If it goes up six more inches, as the current studies indicate could happen within 20 years, South Florida’s flood control would be devastated. In South Florida, taxpayers are already paying the price for climate change as salt-water pushes through porous bedrock into coastal drinking-water supplies, and rivers and canals choked by heavy rains have a harder time draining into the ocean.

The sea-level in California increased about 1.4 meter in May, 2014 and the sea-level had increased 18 centimeters from 1900 to 2005. 3The rising of the sea level would increase the danger of flood. It would also pollute the groundwater and shrink the

In the sports article, “Surfers worry climate change is hitting their waves” by San Jose Mercury News states that global climate change is threatening many of the best surf spots worldwide. They state that as the swells get closer and closer to the coast that the waves are affected by the local winds. They predicted that the warmer weather could melt the polar ice and rise the sea levels along the Northern California Coast. They also stated that by 2100 the storms could shift causing the waves to move parallel along the coast instead of heading straight towards us. Lastly, the state that as the sea level rises that the waves wont break no more. Overall, they are informing us that as climate change keeps on getting worse that it might even affect

Summary: In both the main article and the supporting article, the main point is that by the end of the century the climate here in the Bay Area will probably be a lot like the climate of San Diego. And while some might like this for their day to day schedule, this poses enormous environmental impacts. The Bay Area is a unique and rather fragile ecosystem, if the climate here changes to the climate of someplace like San Diego, then our environment will not be able to survive. Such a huge change in such a rapid rate of time could lead to an environmental disaster, and this could drastically affect the health of the people living in the Bay Area. And these effects will most likely not be for the best. Rising sea levels are always seen as a big deal, and they get lots of

San Diego, Ca has several beaches locally therefore this is a concern here. There are multiple beachfront properties and businesses that would be impacted by loss of profit margins, and potentially flooding if this was to occur. The property losses would potentially be in the millions and this does not take into consideration the impact that sea mammals would feel. By 2100, the projected sea level rise (SLR) would be 5 meters above normal…and some widely projected margins estimate those 7-23 inches possible for SLR in the coming years. The Fourth Assessment (4AR) by the IPCC of 2001 gives these projections for the 21st. century. Certainly not current by any means however these projections are for this current century. Any sea level rise would have serious impacts on creeks, streams, rivers estuaries, watersheds and local beaches. These would be the long-term and

Decades of research suggest that sea-levels are rising, and will continue to rise as a result of climate change. This rise will have the most immediate and significant impact on

Climate change is occurring and the impacts are already being felt in many regions. Studies conducted are typically done at the global, national or state level. The need to assess the threat associated with sea level rise at local level is important because local governments and private citizens are likely to be the first to deal with this potential problem.

Since the 1950s, the amount of heat stored in the ocean has significantly increased. Ocean heat content determines sea surface temperature, it also affects sea level and currents. An overall average of the world’s oceans. Since 1880 sea level has risen at a rate of roughly six-tenths of an inch per decade. In recent years, the rate of increase has increased more rapidly to more than an inch per decade. Sea level has risen the most with an increase of more than 8 inches between 1960 and 2015, along parts of the Gulf coast and the Mid-Atlantic coast. However, sea level has decreased relative to the land in parts of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

What humanity faces from the ramifications of this issue is immense. This research article will seek to convey and articulate if climate change has affected the rise of ocean levels, and if so what are the detrimental affects on coastal communities. This article will also reveal what specific regions and events that are happening that are elevating ocean level rise. The objective of this research article is to inform people about the plight that humanity has found itself in and how to prevent ecological damage and along with that prepare for the coming tide.

The topic of sea level rise in Vancouver has a myriad of different tensions and perspectives. A major tension of sea level rise is the uncertainty of how this will affect the world today, and because this is a recent issue, there is little past evidence or research on the effect this will have on coastal cities(Karl & Trenberth, 2003). As a consequence, the infrastructure in Vancouver was laid out with little to no insight towards the possibility of the sea surrounding them rising above what was deemed to be a static level at the time(Owrangi et al, 2014). Along with poorly planned a poorly planned infrastructure, there could also be a vast array of issues introduced by sea level rise that are were unpredicted due to the lack of occurrences

Ocean level is rising speedier in a few spots than others as a result of wind examples, sea streams, and different components. Furthermore, ocean level may appear as though it's changing more in specific spots than others in light of the fact that the land itself might rise or sinking.

According to John King, scientific studies say that the Bay Area’s average tide could increase several feet or more by 2100 due to climate change and rising sea levels. In 2015, ramps connecting to Highway 101 near Mill Valley were already closed 30 times. It is important to find the “political will” to process the long term plans regarding sea level rise that have been denied for the past half century. Sea level rise was not priority of current politics debate in San Francisco compared to issues with homeless camps and gun crisis. San Francisco Sea Level Rise Action Plan’s goal is to get people prepared for slow moving threat to the Bay

California is a big state which facing the North Pacific Ocean. Almost all the popular cities is located near the coastline. We need to focus on the impacts of sea level rise on the California Coast. Right now, Google maps showing Southern California coastal cities drowned in different sea levels. We can see it from the Google map that the sea level rise every one meter will force a lot of people to move out their home and cause a lot of the economic losses. This is exactly why we must act to reduce the GHG emissions in the