The rapid sea level rise along the US east coast from Cape Hatteras to Miami is the result of a localized sea level rise hot spot. They found that between the years 2011 and 2015 sea level rose more than six times faster in the southeast United States as compared to global average sea level rise. What is the cause of accelerated yet localized sea level rise? The answer is not climate change, but naturally-occurring climate variations superimposed on the background steady sea level rise due to a warming planet. The second one is melting of land based ice, which then flows into oceans to increase sea level.

Source: Forbes August 15, 2017 19:30 UTC