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California officials use king tides to prepare people to cope with rising sea levels

Posted by: Maven on February 21, 2012 at 7:12 am

From E&E Publishing:

“The Pacific Ocean laps against a seaside property in the small Northern California town. If it comes a foot closer, it will breach the black-painted concrete wall that surrounds the wooden house on three sides.

The threatening water isn’t the work of rising sea levels, but rather of “king tides,” which occur when the sun and moon’s combined influence is highest. They’re not caused by climate change, but according to activists and experts, they provide a convenient way to see what everyday tides might look like decades from now.

It’s an image experts want people to contemplate. State agencies and environmental groups are taking reporters out on boats, holding nighttime events and combing the coast in an effort to get people to think about what it will mean for sea levels to rise as much as 3 feet by the end of the century, as U.N. scientists have projected. … “


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February 21, 2012 · Filed Under Climate change & water supply

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