Short-term prediction of the sea level
in marginal seas and coastal areas is a continuous issue of oceanographic research and technological developments.
That might not sound like a lot, especially when nuclear plants are built 20 or 30 feet above sea level
Indian scientists have acknowledged that there has been a rise in sea level
of average two millimetres a year or 20 cm a century in tune with the global average.
Based on this, BNOC scientists have concluded that even if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere does not increase further, temperature rises caused by the existing build-up of greenhouse gasses will still drive sea levels
up by an estimated 25 metres.
The professors also say that efforts at wetlands restoration are currently "miniscule" and need to be ramped up, along with a better understanding of the role rising sea levels
play in exacerbating the devastation brought on by hurricanes.
Dr John Church, of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, in Tasmania, said: "The oceans are continuing to warm and expand, the melting of mountain glacier has increased and the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are also contributing to sea level
Temperatures are forecast to rise between 2C and 4C by 2100, melting the ice sheets and pushing sea levels
up from 0.
The Gulf of Mexico is also subject to the general sea level
rise being observed worldwide, with potential ramifications for the Gulf Coast.
About how many feet above sea level
is the city's highest point?
Travel from sea level
to 5-6000 feet elevation can cause symptoms in some people.
The Sea of Galilee is 660 feet below sea level
whereas the Dead Sea is 1300 feet below sea level
making the former much more hospitable for human endeavors.
Members of NASA's new interdisciplinary Sea Level
Change Team will discuss recent findings and new agency research efforts during a media teleconference today at 12:30 p.