Sentences with phrase «feet over the course of this century»

Seas are projected to rise between 3.7 and 6.1 feet over the course of this century in the area of Naval Station Mayport, which includes the coastal city of Jacksonville.

Not exact matches

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

Seas are projected to rise more than that in this region — between 3.8 and 6.2 feet — over the course of this century.

That may sound minimal, but added up over the course of a century, that would yield one foot of sea level rise.

One leads to 2 feet of global - average sea - level rise over the course of this century, and swamps land currently home to about 100 million people.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.