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Florida, On the Frontlines of Climate Change

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Global sea levels increase rate of sea-level rise due to oceans heating and glaciers melting...

In 2024, the global sea levels reached record heights by rising to 0.59 centimetres per year, above the initial projection of 0.43 centimetres per year. Ocean water expansion caused by heat absorption increases sea levels as ocean heat increases water volume.

NASA scientists have identified the data as the largest record of rising sea levels over three decades. Sea level researcher Josh Willis from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory explained the dangerous situation: “Each year shows changes, but the ocean continues to rise rapidly at an accelerated rate.” The Earth reached its warmest temperature in history in 2024, which directly caused a rapid increase in sea level...

Read more from Josh Willis, NASA/JPL - https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/1049/willis_cv_full_2023.pdf

A major concern exists for communities along the coastlines since experts seek to identify which regions will suffer most adversely. Coastal Florida areas currently face intensified high-tide flooding (and hurricane on-shore ocean surges) because of the rising sea levels.

Global sea levels have risen by 10 centimetres (4 inches) since 1993, according to the long-term satellite record of ocean levels, which started in 1993. The projection indicates this pattern will worsen and could seriously damage coastal systems.

Populations living within coastal zones worldwide have the most severe exposure to sea level rise. Countries such as India, Bangladesh, China, and the Netherlands and tropical areas across the Pacific and Indian Oceans are at high risk. Sea-level rise projections threaten to displace millions...

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