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Washington, D.C., Sinking Fast, Adding to Threat of Sea-Level Rise
https://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&storyID=21210[font face=Serif][font size=5]Washington, D.C., Sinking Fast, Adding to Threat of Sea-Level Rise[/font]
[font size=4]First-Ever Detailed Estimate From Geological Drilling Shows US Capital Faces Half-Foot Drop by 2100[/font]
[font size=3]New research confirms that the land under the Chesapeake Bay is sinking rapidly and projects that Washington, D.C., could drop by six or more inches in the next century—adding to the problems of sea-level rise.
This falling land will exacerbate the flooding that the nation’s capital faces from rising ocean waters due to a warming climate and melting ice sheets—accelerating the threat to the region’s monuments, roads, wildlife refuges, and military installations.
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“Right now is the time to start making preparations,” said DeJong. “Six extra inches of water really matters in this part of the world,” he says—adding urgency to the models of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that project roughly one to three or more feet of global sea-level rise by 2100 from global warming.
“It’s ironic that the nation's capital—the place least responsive to the dangers of climate change—is sitting in one of the worst spots it could be in terms of this land subsidence,” said Paul Bierman, a UVM geologist and the senior author on the new paper. “Will the Congress just sit there with their feet getting ever wetter? What’s next, forebulge denial?”[/font][/font]
[font size=4]First-Ever Detailed Estimate From Geological Drilling Shows US Capital Faces Half-Foot Drop by 2100[/font]
[font size=3]New research confirms that the land under the Chesapeake Bay is sinking rapidly and projects that Washington, D.C., could drop by six or more inches in the next century—adding to the problems of sea-level rise.
This falling land will exacerbate the flooding that the nation’s capital faces from rising ocean waters due to a warming climate and melting ice sheets—accelerating the threat to the region’s monuments, roads, wildlife refuges, and military installations.
...
“Right now is the time to start making preparations,” said DeJong. “Six extra inches of water really matters in this part of the world,” he says—adding urgency to the models of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that project roughly one to three or more feet of global sea-level rise by 2100 from global warming.
“It’s ironic that the nation's capital—the place least responsive to the dangers of climate change—is sitting in one of the worst spots it could be in terms of this land subsidence,” said Paul Bierman, a UVM geologist and the senior author on the new paper. “Will the Congress just sit there with their feet getting ever wetter? What’s next, forebulge denial?”[/font][/font]
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