Evidence of Sea Level Acceleration at U.S. and Canadian Tide Stations, Atlantic Coast

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Sea level is rising all over the world thanks to the heat-trapping effect of greenhouse-gas emissions, but according to a new study published in the Journal of Coastal Research, the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada have seen the ocean rise at an accelerating rate in recent decades.

Based on readings at 23 tidal gauges stretching along the entire East Coast, John Boon of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has determined that the rate of sea level rise began to accelerate in 1987 at points north of Norfolk, Va…

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Original Study: “Evidence of Sea Level Acceleration at U.S. and Canadian Tide Stations, Atlantic Coast, North America” JCR