Rising Sea Levels

RISING SEA LEVELS 3.6 ft ... ... 2100 Scdentikc research indicates sea levels worldwide have been ing ata rate of 14 indches (S milineteri per year since the early 19o. The trend, inked t global warming puts thoandi of constal ces, lhe Venice, Raly, and even whole islands at rak of being daimed by the ocean. 40 SEA LEVEL RISE CONTRIBUTION BY 2100 30% 2090 .. 34 OCEAN'S 32 3.5im 19in high rate NEW WATER CONTRIBUTION CURRENT & PROJECTED 30 low rate 2080 28 Global Mean Sea Level Change ..... 26 2070 10 MOST VULNERABLE STATES 1.9 ft 24 less than four feet above local high tide Massachusetts 2100 2060 22 - New York 20 * New Jersey California 2090 18 Virginia 2050 * North Carolina South Carolina 2080 14 - Florida 2040 Texas Louisiana 2070 12 11 in 2060 10 ZIDO 2030 2050 MILLION 2040 by 1880 sea rose l 8in PEOPLE 2030 2080 AT RISK 200 2020 2020 2060 2012 2.4 in 1 inch CURRENT each year the rise RISE 2010 per year Increases by 0.14 in Oin LOW BEST HIGH SINCE A 1990 wtimate estimate stimate ONVINIIH9 since