NO… ‘rising sea levels’ won’t cost Seattle $23 billion

https://junkscience.com/2019/07/no-rising-sea-levels-wont-cost-seattle-23-billion/

It’s always like shootin’ fish in a barrel.

High water and/or flooding may be a future problem for Seattle, but it won’t because of sea-level rise so much as subsidence.

First, here is what the NOAA tidal gauge data shows for Seattle for the past 120 years or so… it’s been about 8-9 inches… nothing unusual.

But as is the case with many coastal areas, manmade activity (land use, groundwater withdrawal) is making Seattle subside. Check out this 2016 study:

Ka-boom!

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