Sentences with phrase «much global average sea level rise»

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Bangladeshis have watched high tides rise 10 times faster than the global average, and sea levels there could increase as much as 13 feet by 2100.

For example, New York City is expected to see regional sea levels rise as much as 30 percent more than the global average.

Exactly how much the average global sea level will rise in the future will depend on our greenhouse gas emissions.

Take South Florida, where, a few years back, the rate of sea level rise shot up from close to the global average to something much higher.

Many recent studies (e.g. Hansen & Sato) have claimed that future rise in global average temperature (GAT) will create a much greater effect on sea level than IPCC AR4 predicts.

Over the long - term, melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could yield as much as 10 to 14 feet of global average sea level rise, with local sea level rise varying considerably depending on land elevation trends, ocean currents and other factors.

If we do nothing to reduce our carbon emissions, scientists project that global sea level could rise as much as nearly two feet (59 centimeters) over recent average levels by the end of this century.14, 15 If, on the other hand, we make significant efforts to reduce heat - trapping emissions, sea - level rise between now and the end of the century could be limited to at most 1.25 feet (38 centimeters).14, 15

Average global sea level has increased eight inches since 1880, but is rising much faster on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.

Some areas are experiencing triple or more the global average while others are seeing over 5 times as much in sea level fall as their part of the Earth's surface is rising.

For more than half a century tide gauges have indicated that the Chesapeake Bay's sea level has been rising twice as much as the global average and faster than anywhere else on the East Coast.