sea levels are not rising any faster than they have in the past
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=8656483
And now for the rest of the story…
“Although sea level rise occurs on a global scale, the effects and rates are regional and local in nature. ‘Relative’ rates of sea level rise can differ from the global rate due to local factors. These include upstream flood control, erosion and regional ocean currents — and even land movement, in continuation of a centuries-long response to the weight of Ice Age glaciers.”
“In Beaufort, North Carolina, the current relative sea level rise is 3.1 millimeters annually, based on data from 1953 to 2018 at a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tide gauge. This yearly increase is a little more than the thickness of two pennies. In Wilmington, the sea level rises 2.39 mm per year, according to data from 1935 to 2018 at a NOAA tide gauge. On the Outer Banks, over 40 years of data from the Oregon Inlet NOAA tide gauge shows an annual increase of 4.69 mm.”
“But why worry about sea level rise that’s only two or three pennies thick?”
“The global rate of sea level rise is accelerating, and those pennies will add up even more quickly. In fact, the NOAA ‘low’ global sea level rise scenario for Beaufort, for instance, predicts seas a full foot higher in the next 40 years. However, if rates continue to accelerate, NOAA forecasts say Beaufort could experience sea level rise of 2 to 4 feet over the same time.”
https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/current-issue/summer-2019/land-versus-sea/#:~:text=In%20Beaufort%2C%20North%20Carolina%2C%20the,the%20thickness%20of%20two%20pennies
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