Matthew Bailey

Rising Sea Levels on the East Coast

• Over the past few hundred years the levels of the ocean have slowly begun to rise worldwide.
• Currently the ocean is only rising about 3mm per a year.
• At this rate rising sea levels would not have a major effect on the east coast in the next 100 years.
• One conern is that the rate of sea level rise will continue to increase
• While the east coast may not be at risk of rising sea levels anytime soon as sea levels rise so does the damage that accompanies storm surges.
• Overtime if sea levels continue to rise some low lying areas may need to relocate as a result of flooding.
• Scientists believe that the two main causes of rising sea levels is thermal expansion(expansion of water because its warm) and the melting of glaciers