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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the US will experience a sea level rise of the same magnitude in the next 30 year as it did in the past hundred years. This was predicted in a Tuesday report.
The study predicts a “profound increase” in coastal flooding even if there are no storms or heavy rains. Sea levels will rise an average 25-30 cm by 2050.
Gina McCarthy (US climate adviser) said that the new data is “the most recent reconfirmation of our climate crisis…is blinking code red”.
While most sea level predictions are made for the year 2100, scientists hope that the 2050 data from this study will allow communities to plan for and adapt the changing climate.
“The changes are slow and incremental but would become devastating after decades without proper action,” said Ilan Kellyman, University College London professor of disasters & health.
Prof Kelman stated, “We must act now and plan for the next century so that we can experience these changes without disaster.”
Senior research associate at Bristol University, Dr Vikki Thomson, stated that the UK is also “likely” to experience the same level of sea level rise over the next 30 years. This will result in an increase in coastal flooding.
The UK’s average sea level is expected to rise by 50cm by 2100, though the exact amount will vary depending on where you live. Sea levels in the South East of England are more likely to rise than in Scotland.
‘Irreversible changes’
The melting of glaciers and ice sheet and the expansion of water volume as it warms are two ways climate change is driving sea level rising around the globe. Scientists have discovered that climate change is driving sea level rise around the world by melting glaciers and ice sheets, and expanding the volume of water as it warms. BewareSome of these changes can be reversed for centuries or millennia.
The study shows that reducing climate-heating emission can reduce future risk.
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“By 2050, moderate flooding - which is typically disruptive and damaging by today’s weather, sea level and infrastructure standards - is expected to occur more than 10 times as often as it does today,” said Nicole LeBoeuf, NOAA national ocean service director.
Ms LeBoeuf explained, “This means that an event that would have happened every two to five years would occur multiple times per year in some places.”
According to an international group made up of scientists from the United Nations, global average sea levels have increased faster than any century before 1900. Last year, found.
They stated that human influence was “very likely,” to be the main driver for sea level rises since at least 1971, if any earlier.
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