The U.S. coastline is changing rapidly, as new research shows.
rise of about 10 mm per year around Gulf states and the Southeast since 2010.and noticed record rates of sea level rise in the last 12 years. Researchers referred to the accelerated rate
as “unprecedented in at least 120 years.” A little under half an inch of sea level rise may seem small, but average sea level has risen by about since the early 1990s, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. They also noticed that the acceleration spans from the Gulf of Mexico up to Cape HatterasThe teamdifferent factors that could have affected ice-mass loss and air pressure in the region. They couldn’t connect those to the sea level rise in the Gulf and Southeast. Because of this, theycaused climate change combined with natural variability in the ocean.
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