tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144103746452920529.post5341938745524623531..comments2024-01-10T11:04:09.177-08:00Comments on Carbon-Based: North Carolina researchers track risk from rising sea levelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144103746452920529.post-79766971172690251332011-04-01T00:25:55.303-07:002011-04-01T00:25:55.303-07:00Most scientists believe that melt water from glaci...Most scientists believe that melt water from glaciers, the Greenland ice sheet and possibly the West Antarctic ice sheet, along with thermal expansion from warming oceans, will raise sea levels by 1.6 to 3.2 feet over the next century and by 6.5 feet over the next 200 years. If that happens, North Carolina’s coast will change dramatically by 2100 or 2200, according to Tom Shay, a UNC-Chapel Hill marine scientist who conducts research with the UNC Institute for the Environment, the UNC department of marine sciences and UNC’s Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters.antisnorehttp://www.antisnores.com/noreply@blogger.com