Unprecedented Gulf sea level rise

Climate change and extended cyclical weather patterns have conspired to raise sea levels at unprecedented rates over the past 12 years along the Gulf Coast, and parts of the East Coast, according to two scientific papers. The sea rise has reached a rate of about four-tenths of an inch, according to the research. That places rising seas along Gulf at the top of estimates that Louisiana officials are using in plans to address coastal erosion and storm-surge flooding. It's about “five times the amount of sea level rise" seen on average on the Gulf Coast over the 20th century,” said Sönke Dangendorf, lead author of one of the studies and an assistant professor in Tulane University’s Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering. The sea rise along the Gulf Coast was nearly three times as fast as the global average, he said. (NOLA.com 04/16/23) Gulf of Mexico sea-level rise among fastest in the world | Environment | nola.com