Articles Archive for 30 August 2007
General, Water »
Videos and pictures from the California Water Management cafe are up on the website.
Videos are also up on YouTube
Climate Change »
Sea Level Rises
One of the chief global concerns with climate change is sea levels rising (melting polar caps and all). Since 1850, the Bay has risen a total of 7 inches. Best estimate based on expected climate change effects predicts a rise between 12 and 36 inches by 2100. That’s 2.5 to 8 times the expected rise rate. 1 to 3 feet doesn’t sound like much, so why be concerned? With the accelerated sea level rise, storm surge flood events are also to increase as well….as much as 10 fold.
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