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It is predicted that by 2100, global sea levels will rise by up to 60 cm (Nicholls and Cazenave). Ten percent of the world’s population (40% of the US population) lives in coastal areas and the numerous consequences of higher sea levels affects these areas first and foremost.
In an increasingly urban and developed world, coastlines become more susceptible to the effects of sea level rise without the natural landscape’s ability to adapt.
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In the Pacific Northwest region, the Puget Sound Basin is predicted to rise 22 inches by 2050, and 50 inches by 2100 (Mote, Salathé, 46). Seas rise at different rates in different areas because of many different reasons such as erosion, ocean currents, land height and upstream flood control (“Is Sea Level Rising?”). Satellite imaging from NASA tells us where seas are rising or decreasing, and makes an average global trend based off the data.
NASA's Josh Willis describing the changes that seas have experiencing
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