[HN Gopher] Rising sea levels threaten hazardous waste facilitie...
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Rising sea levels threaten hazardous waste facilities along U.S.
coast
Author : toomuchtodo
Score : 24 points
Date : 2023-12-10 18:25 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| toomuchtodo wrote:
| EPA report: https://rcrapublic.epa.gov/rcra-public-
| web/action/posts/5
| nathanaldensr wrote:
| Really? I went to my local beach this year. It was exactly the
| same as it was 40 years ago.
| woleium wrote:
| were you there all year? Its not the height it is on an average
| day, its how high it gets once or twice a year, usually during
| a storm.
| zach_miller wrote:
| This is why it's important to measure things and to forecast. I
| would be surprised if your memory was perfect, but numbers
| don't lie.
| consumer451 wrote:
| Yes, really.
|
| Here is the data to back that up, using NOAA's Key West
| measurements going back over one hundred years.
|
| > The relative sea level trend is 2.57 millimeters/year with a
| 95% confidence interval of +/- 0.15 mm/yr based on monthly mean
| sea level data from 1913 to 2022 which is equivalent to a
| change of 0.84 feet in 100 years.
|
| https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station....
| whatshisface wrote:
| Sand moves inland as sea levels change.
| treyd wrote:
| Tides complicate measurement, in some areas the sea level rise
| will be marginal and in some areas it will be huge. What's
| worse is that it exaggerates the effect of storm surges, which
| is where the most damage occurs.
| hulitu wrote:
| > Rising sea levels threaten hazardous waste facilities along
| U.S. coast
|
| Isn't the waste supposed to be thrown into the sea ? (see
| Fukushima, a lot of plastic, container ships, etc). /s
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