These findings comeon the heels of another study showing that sea level rise accelerated nearly everywhere along the US coastline in 2019 , one likely and expected consequence of a warming climate. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science studied 32 gauge stations across the country's coastline for its yearly "report card" on sea level rise. Of the 32 stations studied, 25 of them saw levels rise at rates higher than in 2018. The station in Rockport, Texas, saw the greatest increase in the rate of local sea level rise at 0.26 millimeters per year in 2019. At this rate, sea levels in Rockport could be 2.69 feet higher in 2050 than they were in 1992, the report said.

Source: CNN February 05, 2020 19:30 UTC