Sea Level Rise
This cluster centers on debates about sea level rise, including its causes like ice melt and thermal expansion, predicted amounts over various timelines, measurement accuracy, and regional impacts.
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Wonder how much the sea level will rise because of this.
How much area lost to sea level rise in the same time?
Wonder how much this would have raised global sea levels.
As the sea rise, does you altitude change?
The "few meters of rise" you mention are meters of rise of global sea levels?
The earth has potential for over 100m of sea level rise, but it wont happen at an instant. but for many places 1 meter more with a huge wave a day could already become a problem
Those rising sea levels might as well be.
Your math is off by an order of magnitude. Sea levels are up by more like 0.1 meter since 1993.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise
You're not alone.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_migration#Sea_levels
What's that have to do with sea level rise?