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Sea level rise: A call for action

Original post made on Sep 9, 2015

Picture this: the San Francisco International Airport is underwater. As many as 120,000 residents of San Mateo County have been displaced by flooding. Three-quarters of the Bay Area's wetlands have been rendered unviable. Roads, highways, and railroads are covered in water, which has been contaminated because wastewater treatment plants have been inundated and rendered obsolete.

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Posted by Science 4U
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 9, 2015 at 7:36 pm

No need to be alarmed. The sea doesn't rise in the world evenly. The sea is even dropping slightly in many places on the west coast, including San Francisco.

Here is a scientific paper from the USGS that explains it:

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It is paywalled, but you don't have to pay to see the maps that show the drop on the west coast.

Web Link

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Posted by Sami
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Sep 9, 2015 at 8:11 pm

Lower sea level here, while higher elsewhere?

They're called "tides".

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