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  1. The Sea Level Rise Viewer is created and maintained through NOAA's Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast.The maps are produced using detailed elevation maps with local and regional tidal variability. You can find additional information about the tool - including videos, tutorials, FAQs, and mapping methods - on its landing page.If you have further questions or comments about the Sea ...
  2. When these eddies of warm water drift near the Gulf Coast, they raise local sea levels. ... Some of the fastest rates of sea level rise in the United States are occurring in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. From the Mississippi Delta to Florida, sea level is influenced by the global trend, land subsidence due to excessive groundwater pumping, and ...
  3. coast.noaa.gov

    NOAA Office for Coastal Management

    https://coast.noaa.gov › slr

    By 2050 (relative to sea level in 2000), RSL projections range from 0.40‐0.45 meters along the East Coast, 0.55‐0.65 meters along the Gulf Coast, 0.20‐0.30 meters along the West Coast, 0.20‐0.35 meters along the Caribbean and Hawaiian Islands, 0.30 meters along the northern coast of Alaska, and an RSL decrease along the southern coast ...
  4. houstonpublicmedia.org

    Apr 12, 2023Sea level rise along the U.S. Gulf Coast has accelerated in historic fashion during the last decade, and is happening much more quickly than in other parts of the world, according to two peer ...
  5. climatecenter.fsu.edu

    Across the northern U.S. Gulf Coast, the rate of relative sea level rise is greater than the global average largely due to land subsidence, where the land is sinking due to physical and human activities. ... According to the latest science on sea level rise projections for the United States (Sweet et al. 2022), sea level rise over the next 30 ...
  6. sealevel.nasa.gov

    Jun 6, 2023The question: What is the source of accelerated sea level rise in the United States' Southeast and Gulf coasts? The answer: Sea level rise is not the same everywhere.In a recent study, researchers discovered that sea level in the Gulf Coast region is accelerating faster than in the past. "We found that the area from Cape Hatteras at the Outer Banks into the Gulf of Mexico had a very high ...
  7. jpl.nasa.gov

    The Gulf Coast and Southeast will see the most change. By 2050, sea level along contiguous U.S. coastlines could rise as much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) above today's waterline, according to researchers who analyzed nearly three decades of satellite observations.
  8. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

    Sep 6, 2023Most of the US Gulf Coast is composed of barrier islands, peninsulas, chenier plains, and mainland beaches that are the main line of defense for wetlands, estuaries, and urban and industrial centers from rising sea level and severe storms. ... The tide-gauge record of sea-level rise in the Gulf of Mexico spans more than a century, with the ...

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