Sentences with phrase «current sea level rise rates»

Patrick Henry says: «According to Aviso, current sea level rise rates are 24cm / century, and the second derivative of the six year trend is negative — suggesting that 24 cm number will get smaller in the near future.»

Not exact matches

A recent study (pdf) estimated that at the current rate of global warming, Manhattan will face a sea level rise of 2 feet or more by 2080.

A 12 percent increase in the rate of aquifer recharge from added precipitation, combined with a projected 3 - foot rise in sea level by the end of the century, would raise groundwater levels in some parts of the city by an additional foot — up to 4 feet higher than current levels.

«Dramatic rises in sea level are almost inevitable if we continue to emit greenhouse gases at the current rate.»

Under current projected rates of sediment sinking and sea - level rise, the area of land at risk on deltas globally is expected to increase by at least half by 2100.

The current rate of relative sea - level rise (the combined effect of land subsidence and sea - level rise) along parts of the coastal delta is nearly 8 to 9 mm per year.

Within 50 years, if sea levels continue to rise at the current rate, the ocean will completely swamp the 10 - square - mile island.

Our modelled values are consistent with current rates of Antarctic ice loss and sea - level rise, and imply that accelerated mass loss from marine - based portions of Antarctic ice sheets may ensue when an increase in global mean air temperature of only 1.4 - 2.0 deg.

For example, if climatologists and oceanographers only considered sea level rise to predict coastal damages without regard to escalating rates of beach - front home building, they would be as errant as would a coastal developer who assesses future risks based only on current climate and sea levels (and Professor Pielke has led the charge on such integrated approaches).

What this tells us is that «climate - change — driven acceleration» has been assumed ahead of time, and since the raw data failed to confirm the existence of such an acceleration («In stark contrast to this expectation however, current altimeter products show the rate of sea level rise to have decreased from the first to second decades of the altimeter era.»

Human contribution so far to sea level rise does not seem particularly significant, given the early 20th century rate of sea level rise is about the same as the current rate.

Those who understand the science also realise that the increase of temperature in the mid 20th and in the late 20th century were similar, that the current rate of sea level rise is similar to rates at other times in the 20th century.

Current sea - level rise rate estimates hover around a 1 meter rise in 100 years.

The current rate of sea level rise is 2.4 mm / year, which is less than one foot per century.

To come to their findings, the authors used a mixture of paleoclimate records, computer models, and observations of current rates of sea level rise, but «the real world is moving somewhat faster than the model,» Hansen says.

If the melting rate continues to stay within those two points, and given that the current contribution to sea level from the Greenland Ice Sheet is only about 0.1 mm / year, we won't see a lot of sea level rise until later this century.

I read an interesting article from some researchers in NC who had found — locally — that there had been no sea level rise until ~ 1970 (don't hold me to the date) and that the current rate was on the order of 8 - 10 inches / century.

At the current rate of sea level increase, a 1 meter rise is 300 years away: No tax.

This is still 3 to 6 times the current rate of sea level rise, but less than the staff's proposal of using RPC8.5.

Of the approximate 1.25 inches per decade of current sea level rise, researchers estimate that globally, glaciers and ice caps — among which Alaska is making the biggest contribution — are contributing perhaps more than 20 percent of this rate.

The current rate of sea level rise is around 3.4 mm / year, but this rate is growing over time, on top of year - to - year ups and downs.

Current rate of the sea level rise is 2 - 3 mm per year, and anthropogenic influence can not be detected.

Satellite data, which manifest the highest short - term rates of sea - level rise (but also great measurement uncertainties) belie your extravagant claims: the current rate is only 3.2 mm / year (https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/).

«Trends and acceleration in global and regional sea levels since 1807» «Evaluation of the global mean sea level budget between 1993 and 2014» «Considerations for estimating the 20th century trend in global mean sea level» «New estimate of the current rate of sea level rise from a sea level budget approach» «Reassessment of 20th century global mean sea level rise» «The increasing rate of global mean sea - level rise during 1993 — 2014» «Unabated global mean sea - level rise over the satellite altimeter era» «An increase in the rate of global mean sea level rise since 2010»

One key subtext to these findings is that scientists expect the rise in sea levels to accelerate in coming years, beyond the current estimated rate of 3.4 millimeters per year.

'' current altimeter products show the rate of sea level rise to have decreased from the first to second decades of the altimeter era.

''... sea levels have indeed increased, which probably is a sign of warming... it is difficult to attribute the current rate of rise... to humans when we don't know how much of the rise is natural.»

If the rate of sea level rise would double, for example, over the next century from the current satellite estimates, we would expect a total sea level rise of roughly about 1.2 - 1.4 ft. by 2100.

It also provides critical context for understanding whether current sea levels and rates of sea level rise are unusual.

The data aligns with the current rate of sea level rise of about 3 millimeters or 0.1 inches per year.

After the Holocene Optimum ended about 5,000 years ago and sea level rise slowed, California's current rate of coastal erosion decreased to about 10 to 30 cm / year.

The current science on the rate of sea level rise in 1993 is ~ 1.8 mm per yr.

The current long term sea level rise rate is 2.7 mm per year and the global warming rate is about 0.1 deg C per decade, not IPCC's 0.2 deg C per decade.

If the CO2 concentration were to be stabilized to 400pmm from now on, the sea levels would be expected continue to rise for a couple more centuries — though at a slowing rate — before they equilibrate to current concentrations.

And once again, there is nothing unusual in either current sea levels (they have been higher, not that long ago), or sea level rise rates (they are perfectly normal at any time scale) or current temperatures, or current temperature fluctuation rates.

The Thwaites Glacier alone is contributing about 10 % to the current globally averaged rate of sea level rise, which is about 0.13 inches per year, Joughin says.

And if you happen to live in Bangladesh or other low lying regions, even the current rate [of sea level rise] is important.»

In addition, there are no guarantees that the current rate will be maintained, since many studies have shown the likelihood of a higher rate of sea level rise as global warming continues.

They are talking about the dangers of anthropogenic global warming, but include the sea level rise from all warming effects, most of which occured long before we were burning fossil fuels at anywhere near current rates.

This coincides with post-1970s global warming, as expected, given point 1: «New estimate of the current rate of sea level rise from a sea level budget approach» «Recent global sea level acceleration started over 200 years ago?»

And what net contribution to sea level rise will result if the current WAIS thinning rate continues unabated?

The current rate of sea level rise is historically exceptional.

So the current rate of 3 cm per decade of sea level rise is only 1/2 of the background natural rate of 6 cm per decade.

After all, the current rate of sea level rise is still very slow, at about two millimeters every year.

About a third of the current rate of sea level rise is from thermal expansion of the oceans (the water expands like mercury in a thermometer), because they are absorbing about 90 percent of the increased heat from climate change.

So one could compare rate of rising sea levels of MWP, LIA, and during the current period in which we recovering from the Little Ice Age - the time period after 1850.

Burgmann isn't too worried about sea level rise causing more earthquakes or volcanic eruptions though, noting that catastrophic rates of sea level rise in the future are uncertain and that the current rate of rise — about 0.12 inches per year (3 millimeters per year)-- isn't enough to destabilize the crust.

The current rate of sea level rise is not unusual versus the late 1940's and early 50's, which is an era prior to the huge increase in consumer / industrial CO2 emissions.

All of the analyses find a mid century peak in the rate of sea level rise, although most of the analyses find the current peak to be higher.

Per a recent paper by Fasullo et al, «In stark contrast to this expectation however, current altimeter products show the rate of sea level rise to have decreased from the first to second decades of the altimeter era.»