NASA Scientists Paint Stark Picture of Accelerating Sea Level Rise

A NASA panel yesterday announced widely reported finding that global sea levels have risen about three inches since 1992, and that these levels are expected to keep rising as much as several more feet over the next century -- on the upper end of model-based predictions that have been made so far. From the Sydney Morning Herald piece linked above: NASA says Greenland has lost an average of 303 gigatons [of ice] yearly for the past decade. Since it takes 360 gigatons to raise sea level by a millimetre, that would suggest Greenland has done this about eight times over just in the last 10 years or so. "People need to be prepared for sea level rise," said Joshua Willis, an oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. "It's not going to stop."

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[Fwipp]

Watch what the ACs are (or will be) saying in this thread - their messaging is usually very consistent.

Re:I can tell from the comments

[CrimsonAvenger]

Down here in South Florida it's already making an impact.

Really??? Already?

So, Florida is already being adversely impacted by the THREE INCH increase in sea level since WORLD WAR ONE?!?

Wow, I'm impressed...that Floridians are stupid enough to think that three inches per century has had an "impact" on their lives....